Intel Core i9-14900KS Desktop Processor Pricing Set at $749
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Undying
Pricy. When you think of it you can get a 7800x3d+X670 board for the same amount.
Horus-Anhur
That is one expensive space heater.
fantaskarsef
5 years ago, the pinacle of Intel's offerings for gamers was the 9900KF.
It didn't cost 750, but 500$.
It didn't have a TDP of 150W, but only 95.
It didn't use real world 400W, but real world 250W under torture.
It didn't reach 100+ temperatures, but ran a bit cooler.
Mainboards were probably cheaper.
But the same two processors are used to run CS and COD on minimal details but max FPS at 1080p.
Nothing has changed. Just looks weird thinking about it that way.
TLD LARS
The 14900ks/14900k is not really a gaming CPU, just like the 9900k or Ryzen 1800x the cores are very under utilized for gaming, at the time of release.
Only the higher stock clocks of the 14900k makes it faster in games then a 14600k or 13700k or 13900k.
For gaming the 14600k at 5.6GHz is close enough to a 14900k to fool most people in a blind test, even at 1080p.
mackintosh
The only reason this exists is to be at the top of benchmarks. Maybe some e-sports pros will use them, too. Some people only look at the top result, so it weirdly makes perfect sense for Intel to do this, even if it doesn't make sense to the rest of us, who just play games.
alanm
I dont see why the KS is getting so much attention. Only difference vs the K is 0.2ghz in turbo boost (6.2 > 6.0). Thats it. Oh, and 150w vs 125w for that measly 0.2 rise. Intel has managed to get this dumb chip so over-hyped by the tech press.
Glottiz
Yeah I'm not sure who's excited for this one, and I'm Intel user with motherboard compatible with this CPU. Seems like excitement is artificial. I think most are just waiting for the next gen Intel CPUs which are coming in 6-7 months. Now that's interesting to me.
Netherwind
Yea, that's indeed a real mystery. I can't fathom what's so great in paying so much more for so little.
mackintosh
Bragging rights. Some guys get faster CPUs, some penis extensions. Both fall into "paying so much for so little", and yet here we are.
schmidtbag
Considering the price and sacrifices necessary for a couple hundred MHz, I would say this just makes Intel look rather petty. Should this CPU perform noticeably worse than the 7950X3D in anything, that will make it look even worse. All this effort to only sometimes be #1 in a chart that people weren't demanding faster results in is only going to appeal to Intel's diehard fans, who ironically would be loyal regardless of the existence of this CPU.
I could see this CPU doing more harm than good for Intel. Not saying it will, but it's already not getting the most positive publicity.
AuerX
Sometimes less is more too 🙂.
This I5-14400F build in a SFF is pretty cool imo:
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FatBoyNL
Is 'penis extensions' even a real thing? (I just won't google that)
It should just matter how far and/or where you're aiming at 😎
TheDeeGee
Indeed!
For high-end gaming the best you'd need would be 14700 Non-K if you want to max out. Anything beyond that is for work related applications.
But for a lot of people it's hard to let e-peen go.
TheDeeGee
Intel just works though, AMD is still trying to figure out how a BIOS works.
Undying
Well its fine for most of us here. Maybe you are the one who didnt figure it out how it works.
fantaskarsef
hehe great build. Good thing a 4080S won't draw enough power to make those cables go pssshhhh when they are bent in the first 35mm of the plug 😀
AuerX
Maybe?
Not really want to segway in to that garbage again, but seems many SFF builders have managed some serious cable bends with the 4090's without any issues.
Could it be SFF builders in general have a bit more care and understanding about things as they many times have to really think things thru before just showing cables in there and shut the lid?
AuerX
Make a poll, see if most of us here are on AMD or Intel CPU's
Undying
You'd be surprised how much Intel users have switched to AMD lately. Like @Netherwind @H83 @fantaskarsef
I think on Guru3D there will be most AM4 users on that poll.
mackintosh
Yeah, my AM4 5900X build was my first AMD CPU since Core 2 Duo, and before that I was almost exclusively Intel until the disaster that was Prescott. I'm fairly platform-agnostic though, whatever gets me the most performance at a given price point gets my money.
