News Intel announces its latest 9th Gen chips, including Core i9-9900K

[lashman]

Intel announces its latest 9th Gen chips, including its ‘best gaming processor’ Core i9

Intel’s next generation of desktop processors are here with the company’s new 9th Gen Core chips just announced today at the company’s fall hardware event.

To that end, the company is launching new chips, including the new Core i9-9900K, which Intel says is “the best gaming processor in the world. Period.” The i9-9900K offers eight cores and 16 threads, clocked at base frequency of 3.6 GHz (which can be boosted up to 5.0 GHz).

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Along with the new Core i9 processor, Intel is also announcing new 9th Gen Core i5 and Core i7 models, too: the i7-9700K with eight cores and eight threads, and base 3.6 GHz clock speed (which can be boosted to 4.9 GHz); and the i5-9600K, which offers six cores and six threads at a base 3.7 GHz speed (which can be boosted uup to 4.6 GHz).

Preorders for the 9th-Gen chips open today, with the processors set to chip on October 19th. The chips are priced far more modestly than Intel’s pricier Core X, too: the Core i9-9900K is set to cost $488 the i7-9700K will cost $373, and the i5-9600K will set you back $262.

But Intel isn’t leaving out its high end users, either: the company also announced an updated lineup of its Core X-Series processors (first announced in 2017), with new Core i7 X-Series, Core i9 X-Series, and Core i9 Extreme processors. And like the first-generation OCore i9 Extreme, the new model continues to offer 218 cores and 36 threads — remaining the top of Intel’s consumer range.

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And, for professional users who need even more firepower, Intel announced a new 28 core Intel Xeon W-3175X processor, which is unlocked at up to 4.3GHz and is set to ship later this year in December. No price has been announced yet, but it likely won’t be cheap when it does hit stores.

and more specs (click to zoom in):

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[Alcoholikaust]

Too rich for my blood. But if I can get a mobo+9900K for $700 maybe

 

[lashman]

Too rich for my blood. But if I can get a mobo+9900K for $700 maybe

dayum, son

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seriously, though - i wish i could upgrade my PC ... like anything in it

 

[Nahkapukki]

Hah... These CPU's will be in the 1000€ range when they land here. No hope whatsoever getting one.

 

[Kurt Russell]

8 cores 8 threads for the i7 models? That's pretty crappy considering the Ryzen equivalents have double the threads.

 

[lashman]

Hah... These CPU's will be in the 1000€ range when they land here. No hope whatsoever getting one.

oh, absolutely ... you can count on it ... there's NO WAY 9900k will be below 600€ here

8 cores 8 threads for the i7 models? That's pretty crappy considering the Ryzen equivalents have double the threads.

yeah, no more hyperthreading unless you paaaaaaaay

 

[Nahkapukki]

I wonder what AMD is cooking up. The Ryzen models have done rather well imo but the GPU's are lagging behind still. Once they nail the priceower ratio on the GPU side they could be a good overall choice for PC builds. Intel is overpricing itself imo. Same as Nvidia.

 

[lashman]

yeah, i don't think AMD will do anything with GPUs anymore .... they clearly already gave up on GPUs

 

[Nahkapukki]

Muh Nano... ;_;

Too bad that their good models are expensive and when compared to Nvidia underpowered.

 

[lashman]

true

 

[uraizen]

All I see is "we know our i9 series is a bit on the cheap side at $500, so here's our X-series!" Get out of here, Intel.

 

[lashman]

on the cheap side, lol ... maybe in the US .... because they're DEFINITELY not on the cheap side in the EU ... nothing is (PC hardware-wise)

 

[uraizen]

on the cheap side, lol ... maybe in the US .... because they're DEFINITELY not on the cheap side in the EU ... nothing is (PC hardware-wise)

Nah, I was joking because that's not even on the cheap side in the US.

 

[lashman]

Nah, I was joking because that's not even on the cheap side in the US.

ahhh, my bad then, sorry lol