Review on 💪 Intel Core i9-9900K - Unbeatable 8-Core Desktop Processor with 5.0 GHz Turbo Boost and LGA1151 Compatibility by Steve Hauck

It took a month for delivery so minus one star. I was tempted to cut off another star because I was expecting 10nm by now. But they've done a pretty good job with that another 14nm processor. Let's all take a moment of silence as Moore's Law is officially repealed. Rest in peace. - Runs 40-100% faster than the 4 year old 6-core 22nm i7-5820K it replaced on all my workloads. - The i9 uses a fraction of the power compared to that old x99 chip and heats up less when used lightly. Peak power around 176W after 12 minutes in P95 torture mode. For this outdated and unrealistic test, temperatures briefly peak in the 80's. (Motherboard manufacturer's monitoring software shows an average in the 70s, Intel software shows the low 80s.) - Aside from initial setup and testing, I don't manually overclock the 9900k as that would only give me about 3% more performance than I. m runs without optimization. Performance limits enabled (e.g. outside of the Intel TDP spec, but the usual default setting for these early Z390 boards). Just unplug the chokes and let the voltage and so on run automatically. -5.0GHz for normal load on multiple cores for long periods and 4.7GHz for all cores forever under heavy load (e.g. P95) is what I see with the configuration above. I'm only using the H115i PRO AIO base cooling and haven't seen a workload that forces it to throttle to official 3.6GHz speeds. Times have really changed since I overclocked cores 20 years ago. Without throttling, the processor does exactly what I want to achieve. This is organic overclocking almost out of the box. When needed, Turbo mode accelerates to fantastic workload-optimized speeds, lowering TPD to less than 25W when not under load, even when running at 5.0GHz. I don't have to switch workloads or make adjustments. No distractions. Excellent! Unlike the much more expensive xx99 chipsets, the Z390 includes an integrated Fast Sync Intel GPU to improve performance and reduce CPU utilization/power consumption, something I've long lacked for some of my workloads, one of which runs 24/7 .cheap price compared to x299 platform prices. With the AMD innovation, Intel is cannibalizing its own HEDT segment. It's positioned as a gaming processor, but in my opinion this is a great choice for workstations. There is a lot of frustration in the 12 year old gaming community about this chip. It's expensive for this segment of the market, especially given the inflated prices due to the lack of a 14nm process, it lacks innovation compared to last year's offering which frustrates the frequent mandatory upgrades, and there really isn't much room to spare Overclocking without industrial cooling. . Gear. If you have an older (3 years+) CPU and want to rebuild your system and invest in a high performance chip for a relatively cheap price (compared to x299/HEDT platform and additional costs due to lack of 14nm supply), I9- The 9900K is a great choice that brings you the latest and greatest solutions. It's a safe bet given that Intel's high-end 10nm chips are now likely to arrive in 2020. If you want more value, get the latest AMD version. We're all to some extent grateful to AMD's innovation for pushing Intel to offer this 8-core chip in this segment. Long live AMD.