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02/10/2020
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02/10/2020
SummaryAt £599.99 the Intel Core i9-9900K isn't cheap. However, compared to the X299 chips on the market, it's a bit of a bargain. This level of performance has long been the reserve of £1000+ chips from Intel, on more extreme and expensive X299 motherboards. No...
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08/15/2019
SummaryNextRead the Eurogamer.net reviews policySometimes we include links to online retail stores. If you click on one and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. For more information, go here.Jump to comments (5)About the authorWill JuddSenior Staff...
eurogamer.net -
03/05/2019
SummaryThere is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvem...
ocaholic.ch.english -
03/05/2019
SummaryThere is a variety of customer groups in need of as much processing power as possible. Especially in the field of content creation, which includes editing pictures and videos or even rendering a complex scenery with beautiful effects, performance improvem...
ocaholic.ch.english -
11/02/2018
SummaryThe Intel Core i9-9900K is an absolute powerhouse for video rendering and Photoshop at this price. If you're a power-crazy media professional this is the processor to plump for. But for gamers? You can find much better value alternatives...
trustedreviews.comProsUltra-speedy for video rendering and editing, Best clock speeds of all the consumer CPUs
ConsUnderwhelming performance for video games compared with the competition, Requires powerful cooler to prevent overheating, Not much room for overclocking
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11/02/2018
SummaryThe Intel Core i9-9900K is an absolute powerhouse for video rendering and Photoshop at this price. If you're a power-crazy media professional this is the processor to plump for. But for gamers? You can find much better value alternatives...
trustedreviews.comProsUltra-speedy for video rendering and editing, Best clock speeds of all the consumer CPUs
ConsUnderwhelming performance for video games compared with the competition, Requires powerful cooler to prevent overheating, Not much room for overclocking
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10/21/2018
SummaryIt's clear that the announcement surrounding the new Intel Coffee Lake Refresh was a badly kept secret as the new supporting Z390 chipset was announced earlier on in the year. Whether that was a mistake on Intel's part or a cleverly strategised marketing...
play3r.netProsIntel is finally using solder again for better temperatures and better overclocking headroom, Fastest desktop processor from Intel to date, The best gaming CPU currently on the market; 8 cores and 16 threads of pure performance, Good performance, Reasonab...
ConsStill expensive compared to AMD's Ryzen processors
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10/21/2018
SummaryIntel might be late to the game with its first mainstream octa-core processor, but the Intel Core i9-9900K is an impressive debut. The Intel Core i9-9900K's incredible increase in processing power can't be understated, and this CPU will be a boon to any v...
techradar.comProsDominating hyper-threading performance, Runs significantly cooler, Tight energy consumption
ConsExpensive, Little to no improvement for gaming
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10/21/2018
SummaryIt's clear that the announcement surrounding the new Intel Coffee Lake Refresh was a badly kept secret as the new supporting Z390 chipset was announced earlier on in the year. Whether that was a mistake on Intel's part or a cleverly strategised marketing...
play3r.netProsIntel is finally using solder again for better temperatures and better overclocking headroom, Fastest desktop processor from Intel to date, The best gaming CPU currently on the market; 8 cores and 16 threads of pure performance, Good performance, Reasonab...
ConsStill expensive compared to AMD's Ryzen processors
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10/21/2018
SummaryIntel might be late to the game with its first mainstream octa-core processor, but the Intel Core i9-9900K is an impressive debut. The Intel Core i9-9900K's incredible increase in processing power can't be understated, and this CPU will be a boon to any v...
techradar.comProsDominating hyper-threading performance, Runs significantly cooler, Tight energy consumption
ConsExpensive, Little to no improvement for gaming
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10/19/2018
SummaryIntel has a monstrously powerful mainstream desktop CPU that, despite what it claims, most definitely eats into its high-end desktop market space and wrestles the performance crown from AMD decisively. Given we only managed to add 300MHz to the all-core b...
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10/19/2018
SummaryThere are plenty of points to consider, but let's start by getting the inevitable out of the way: the Intel Core i9-9900K is a very fast CPU.First-class IPC, eight cores, 16 threads, 5GHz on up to two cores, 4.7GHz on every core, and all delivered in...
HEXUS.netProsExcellent IPC, Strong multi-core performance, Blurs the lines between gaming and HEDT, Wide choice of Z390 boards
Cons£600 price tag, Hardware still susceptible to exploits, Gets very hot when overclocking
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10/19/2018
SummaryTake a tour along the shelves of KitGuru's testing hardware and we are quite sure the enthusiast gamer would happily select Core i9-9900K running on a high end Z390 motherboard. Performance is excellent and the addition of two cores is welcome.We begged I...
kitguru.netProsEight cores running close to 5GHz, Soldered heat spreader helps thermals, Compatible with Z370 motherboards, Excellent DDR4 memory support
ConsVery high price, Minimal headroom for overclocking, Very few games make use of more than four cores, This refreshed architecture is still not proofed against security problems
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10/19/2018
SummaryBecause Intel has dropped this i9 processor on top of the existing CPU tiers it commands a much higher price than both the previous top Coffee Lake chip, the Core i7 8700K, and the top AMD eight-core, the Ryzen 7 2700X. That makes this $530 (£492) i9 9900...
pcgamesn.com -
10/19/2018
SummaryWant one? i9 9900K: a-fwd.to/5FRa3oS 2700X: a-fwd.to/46xsUKk The new i9 9900K a first from Intel, being 8 cores and 16 threads, but how does it compare to the hot selling AMD Ryzen 7 2700X? Here is some gaming, productivity and a few synthetic benchmarks...
techteamgb.co.uk -
10/19/2018
SummaryIt's quite easy to become complacent with CPU releases, viewing them as an exercise in marketing and massaging consumer perception rather than advancing performance. That's perhaps an unfair characterisation of the recent history of CPUs as a product segm...
vortez.netProsUp to 5GHz Turbo Boost, Adept multi-core processing, Ideal for multiple uses inc. video editing, Excellent overall performance, Soldered IHS
ConsSmall amount of overclocking headroom, Expensive when compared to AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 16 PCIe lane functionality only
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10/19/2018
SummaryIntel has a monstrously powerful mainstream desktop CPU that, despite what it claims, most definitely eats into its high-end desktop market space and wrestles the performance crown from AMD decisively. Given we only managed to add 300MHz to the all-core b...
Bit-Tech.net -
10/19/2018
SummaryThere are plenty of points to consider, but let's start by getting the inevitable out of the way: the Intel Core i9-9900K is a very fast CPU.First-class IPC, eight cores, 16 threads, 5GHz on up to two cores, 4.7GHz on every core, and all delivered in...
HEXUS.netProsExcellent IPC, Strong multi-core performance, Blurs the lines between gaming and HEDT, Wide choice of Z390 boards
Cons£600 price tag, Hardware still susceptible to exploits, Gets very hot when overclocking
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10/19/2018
SummaryTake a tour along the shelves of KitGuru's testing hardware and we are quite sure the enthusiast gamer would happily select Core i9-9900K running on a high end Z390 motherboard. Performance is excellent and the addition of two cores is welcome.We begged I...
kitguru.netProsEight cores running close to 5GHz, Soldered heat spreader helps thermals, Compatible with Z370 motherboards, Excellent DDR4 memory support
ConsVery high price, Minimal headroom for overclocking, Very few games make use of more than four cores, This refreshed architecture is still not proofed against security problems
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10/19/2018
SummaryBecause Intel has dropped this i9 processor on top of the existing CPU tiers it commands a much higher price than both the previous top Coffee Lake chip, the Core i7 8700K, and the top AMD eight-core, the Ryzen 7 2700X. That makes this $530 (£492) i9 9900...
pcgamesn.com -
10/19/2018
SummaryWant one? i9 9900K: a-fwd.to/5FRa3oS 2700X: a-fwd.to/46xsUKk The new i9 9900K a first from Intel, being 8 cores and 16 threads, but how does it compare to the hot selling AMD Ryzen 7 2700X? Here is some gaming, productivity and a few synthetic benchmarks...
techteamgb.co.uk -
10/19/2018
SummaryIt's quite easy to become complacent with CPU releases, viewing them as an exercise in marketing and massaging consumer perception rather than advancing performance. That's perhaps an unfair characterisation of the recent history of CPUs as a product segm...
vortez.netProsUp to 5GHz Turbo Boost, Adept multi-core processing, Ideal for multiple uses inc. video editing, Excellent overall performance, Soldered IHS
ConsSmall amount of overclocking headroom, Expensive when compared to AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 16 PCIe lane functionality only
Retail prices reported as of 29 Jun 2022 01:04:28 GMT