The 9900KS might pose challenges for buyers, so it's wise to consider carefully.
The 9900KS might pose challenges for buyers, so it's wise to consider carefully.
I read your post for the first time without it getting a 5ghs rating. I tested 5ghz across all cores at 1.272 with an Aorus Ultra and a Noctua D15 fan. Running Cinebench R15 kept temperatures under 72°C. I appreciate your need for higher speeds—replacing the slower i7 8700K with an i7 8086K helped, as it didn’t crash in games. My 8086K ran at 5.1 and stayed stable. The RTX 2080 Ti was tricky; I had to lower performance by +17 to prevent crashes, especially since it required more VRAM overclocking.
I'm noticing a clear trend—Intel is publicly undermining customers by favoring AMD Ryzen. I run a daily machine with 5.1Ghz all-core, AVX0, 290vcore and a 9900k. I bought two CPUs to verify my thoughts; both only reached around 5Ghz. My original CPU from earlier will likely hit 5.3Ghz without problems. It frustrates me that Intel seems to be sabotaging its own products to beat AMD in a tough contest, hurting customers along the way. Thanks for the feedback!
We'll observe how the costs behave after resolving the supply problems for the R3900X and 3950X. I've noticed the I9-9900KF often drops around $400 USD recently, and if AMD manages to boost its clock speeds similar to the 3950X designs, it might push the K-series down to match today's K models.
I'm really curious on the silicon and how far this cpu can be overclocked, but lets look at the reality. There is like 9 days left in October and still no release date in site......We don't even know if this will be released this month let alone this year. Just my pessimistic thoughts.
I was planning to grab one too. People love AMD, but I’m not abandoning my setup just for benchmarks. In reality, the gap between a 3900x and a 9900k isn’t huge; still, I really want the top CPU possible with my existing RAM. My 9900k doesn’t keep up with 5 GHz across all cores even at a moderate idle temperature, so I decided to prioritize better performance over cost. That’s not a good excuse? Maybe… but I don’t care.