9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900KS Special Edition CPU Available Oct. 30

OldMike65 · 29 Oct 2019

Went on Intel's site, and they have changed there status a little. Says its launched

9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900KS Special Edition CPU Available Oct. 30-9900ks.png

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

altae · 30 Oct 2019

You can tell that the CPU market has dramatically changed when Intel launches a limited CPU and it "only" costs 500 $. Not too long ago they would have asked at least a thousand bucks.

jimbo45 · 30 Oct 2019

swarfega said:

Remember this CPU is available for a limited time, once they're gone, they're gone.

Hi there

You mean they are back on sale in Tesco

Cheers
jimbo

Superfly · 30 Oct 2019

swarfega said:

I was looking at it until I saw it was limited so I've decided on the 3700x or 3900x with x570 mobo.

Agreed! albeit I have always been AMD - especially now they have gone from "cheap 'n cheerful' to 'hey! what's up?'

Ryzen 9 on my Black Friday shopping list for sure.

I hope Intel have not opened more vulnerabilities with this quest for performance - why is it limited anyway?

swarfega · 30 Oct 2019

I am a gamer and use the computer for data entry for work. I dont do video editing so could you guys recommend which of the 3700x or 3900x to get?

Superfly · 30 Oct 2019

swarfega said:

I am a gamer and use the computer for data entry for work. I dont do video editing so could you guys recommend which of the 3700x or 3900x to get?

The R7 comes pretty close to the R9 in latency - so go with that - for almost half the price, well worth it.

swarfega · 30 Oct 2019

Thanks for that.

OldMike65 · 30 Oct 2019

Interesting video on the Intel i9-9900KS Explains what the difference is between the 9900K and the New 9900KS

Brink · 30 Oct 2019

Another performance review:

Intel Core i9-9900KS Review - TechSpot

sygnus21 · 30 Oct 2019

The question I have, hypothetically speaking, is should/would one want to "upgrade" from an i9-9900K?

Thoughts?