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Review on πŸ’ͺ Enhanced Performance Intel Core i3-9100F Desktop Processor | 4 Cores up to 4.2 GHz | LGA1151 300 Series | 65W – No Processor Graphics by Robby Agrawal

Revainrating 5 out of 5

If you play/make something that isn't production, buy it.

From personal experience, the difference between this $80 processor and the $520 9th Gen i9 9900K is as follows. $440. The frame rate increase at 1440p was ABOUT 2-3 fps, which is low enough to fall within the error window. I can't think of a consumer use case where you're actually going to get ANY benefit from more powerful processors, other than a few minutes reduction in video encoding (that's encoding, not decoding, aka "viewing"). Put that $440 into a GPU upgrade and you'll REALLY help yourself. This processor smokes and consumes power to boot. Don't shop in Hypebeast. You don't have to spend $950 on a PC before you get to the graphics card. To be smart. Don't throw money in the trash. better use it

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  • Free for educational purposes
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  • Neutral