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Just so you all understand my reason for wanting the 9900K: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/new...-9th-gen-cpus/
The new desktop processors include protections for the security vulnerabilities commonly referred to as "Spectre", "Meltdown" and "L1TF". These protections include a combination of the hardware design changes we announced earlier this year as well as software and microcode updates.
* Speculative side channel variant Spectre V2 (Branch Target Injection) = Microcode + Software
* Speculative side channel variant Meltdown V3 (Rogue Data Cache Load) = Hardware
* Speculative side channel variant Meltdown V3a (Rogue System Register Read) = Microcode
* Speculative side channel variant V4 (Speculative Store Bypass) = Microcode + Software
* Speculative side channel variant L1 Terminal Fault = Hardware
The problem I would have at the present time, would be choosing which MB from ASUS, way too many choices, and which high end board is the best choice. This 9900K needs more volts, not sure how our 370 boards would handle it....when oc'd very high.
@OldMike65, my only point was just a few years ago it was considered a great milestone if you had a CPU that could hit 5 GHz. Not so today. Almost any of the new CPUs Intel releases are expected to hit a minimum of 5 GHz. Heck, the 9900K will almost do that out of the box. Today if the most you can do is 5 GHz, you are considered to have lost the silicon lottery.
What about the 9700K as an upgrade? Will be interesting to see how that compares to the 8700K.
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Interesting Intel wouldn't do that :)