2019 Hardware Thread

Kol12 said:

Are you 9900K guy's kicking yourself for not waiting on the 9900KF? There was no prior indication it was coming I suppose.

Edit: Are you guy's disabling your iGPU's?

"Remember that the iGPU in the 9900K continues to draw power even if you use a discrete graphics card unless it is explicitly disabled in the BIOS"

Who the hell turns it on?(other than some security software might use it instead of the main CPU)

slicendice said:

...like power draw matters on a 9900k? It's a heater no matter what you do.

Only for the unlucky ones
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Kol12 said:

Are you 9900K guy's kicking yourself for not waiting on the 9900KF? There was no prior indication it was coming I suppose.

Edit: Are you guy's disabling your iGPU's?

"Remember that the iGPU in the 9900K continues to draw power even if you use a discrete graphics card unless it is explicitly disabled in the BIOS"

A little side note on anyone that might change their regular 9900k to a 9900kf. It requires a bios update before you run Windows otherwise it will crash. The bios update can be done without needing an older CPU so you won't need to worry about that but it must be done before entering Windows.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/antonyl.../#24352fe7127d

Intel® Core™ i9-9900KF Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz) Product Specifications

Brink said:

Intel® Core™ i9-9900KF Processor (16M Cache, up to 5.00 GHz) Product Specifications

Why would you want that CPU Shawn?
Here's the compare list to the 9900K: Intel® Product Specification Comparison
In short, the KF version loses

• Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
• Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
• Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility ‡

OK vPro and SIPP are not for the normal consumer, but Trusted Execution is important to security

Knew there had to be a catch. Oh well.

Brink said:

Knew there had to be a catch. Oh well.

Might interest you:
Intel, Microsoft to use GPU to scan memory for malware | Ars Technica
Intel Announces Chip-Level Security Initiatives, iGPU-Based Malware Scanning

Pretty neat, and can be useful since most folks don't use the integrated graphics with a desktop.