Review on Unlocked Intel Core i5-9600KF Desktop Processor, 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo, LGA1151 300 Series, No Graphics, 95W TDP by Mohd Arif ᠌

Name: Unlocked Intel Core i5-9600KF Desktop Processor, 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo, LGA1151 300 Series, No Graphics, 95W TDP
Item: Unlocked Intel Core i5-9600KF Desktop Processor, 6 Cores up to 4.6 GHz Turbo, LGA1151 300 Series, No Graphics, 95W TDP
Rating: 3

October 22, 2022

Not everything is so bad, the average purchase in quality.

I took this percentage as according to reviews and reviews "Taking 5GHz without problems." It didn't work out that way for me. At first I wanted to put 4 points, since the percent performs its functions at the declared frequencies of the manufacturer, but then I remembered that it has the prefix K, for which they also take money, so I feel a small divorce and competent marketing from Intel. In the reviews, all the processors are mishandled, extremely successful models, perhaps even scalped, while ordinary users can get the same copy as me.
This processor is not recommended. It's better to buy an i5 9400 and spend the money saved on an SSD, good RAM, or a more expensive graphics card.
There is no special benefit from overclocking the processor in modern games, the maximum FPS boost is up to 5%, in most games it is 2-2.5%, which is literally 1-2 frames per second at best. While overclocking RAM will boost 15-20%.
Next time I will definitely not buy a processor with a K or KF prefix.

For those who suffer - I described my processor and how it works for me, if it takes you 5GHz and higher with a voltage of 1.3, then you are lucky, but I have such a copy.

Pros

Fairly good performance in modern games and programs.

Cons

Acceleration, heat dissipation. I lost in this lottery, I got an extremely unsuccessful copy. Overclocking did not work, I tried to overclock the percentage, I killed about a month in general to search for more or less stable values. As a result, the maximum that was possible was 4.6 GHz with a voltage of 1.35v. The stability was really not very good, in many games and in everyday tasks I caught bsod and an endless freeze. There was no point in setting a higher voltage, because my Dark rock pro 4 cooler in stress tests at this voltage kept the temperature at about 94-96 degrees, which is already close to critical. I tried to reduce, as a result, the percentage does not pass the stress test in OCCT even at 4.5 GHz and 1.35v, I caught errors at the 20-30th minute of the test with a large data set. A further decrease in the multiplier makes overclocking generally irrational. Exhausted, I decided to try the Intel Performance Maximizer as a last resort, which, according to the assurances of users on this stone, gives 4.8GHz with AVX offset minus 3. On my own stone, the program gave a result of 4.5GHz and AVX minus 1. Which, in fact, is a very extremely low figure.