9900KS...

Sargatanas2511 · 15 Oct 2019 at 16:05

Cooper said:
..Err no, the difference between an 8c 9700K and a 8c 16t 9900K is a real and tangible one in lots of things, Maybe not gaming (yet!) but definately content creation stuff at least, unlike the difference between 200Mhz on the same CPU.

I bet there's a real and tangible difference from 4.8Ghz on 8 cores and 5.0 on 8 cores on content creation too definitely more so than what 90% would see in going from a 9700k to a 9900k.

IT Troll · 15 Oct 2019 at 16:10

Shonk said:

That sure looks like retail packaging. I guess Gibbo is just ring fencing his allocation.

Gibbo · 15 Oct 2019 at 17:15

IT Troll said:
That sure looks like retail packaging. I guess Gibbo is just ring fencing his allocation.

Yes KS is a retail product, but very short.

I have 5000 on order, so far we only got a confirmed quantity of 100pc which our SI department already has a project for. In short we need to find more, to make them available to retail, I am sure we will be able to source more but they will come from brokers who will be adding a considerable margin on top of the distribution price just because they can, time will tell.

Spook187 · 15 Oct 2019 at 17:30

Oh gawd I'm not waiting months and months if this turns out to be a hand full of cpu every few weeks, my build if finished just need a processor

Gibbo · 15 Oct 2019 at 18:14

Spook187 said:
Oh gawd I'm not waiting months and months if this turns out to be a hand full of cpu every few weeks, my build if finished just need a processor

It is pretty much a one off, what we pretty much get on the first wave is all we shall get, this is a one of production CPU, just like 8086K was, but this shall be a lot more limited.

bledd · 15 Oct 2019 at 20:03

Getting this, new motherboard and a second set of 8pack 3200 16gb.

Pc should be good for a few years!

3t3P · 15 Oct 2019 at 20:34

Why getting more than 16gb ram? I would have got a faster 16Gb kit?

Woodsta888 · 15 Oct 2019 at 20:59

Cooper said:
..Err no, the difference between an 8c 9700K and a 8c 16t 9900K is a real and tangible one in lots of things, Maybe not gaming (yet!) but definately content creation stuff at least, unlike the difference between 200Mhz on the same CPU.

Mmmmm CHERRIES!

david_xr · 15 Oct 2019 at 22:20

Waited so long for this chip, if it’s gonna be a really limited number and for system builders only I won’t be waiting around for it.
It’ll be bye bye behind the times intel, hello Ryzen.

Shonk · 16 Oct 2019 at 03:37

Gibbo said:
Yes KS is a retail product, but very short.

I have 5000 on order, so far we only got a confirmed quantity of 100pc which our SI department already has a project for. In short we need to find more, to make them available to retail, I am sure we will be able to source more but they will come from brokers who will be adding a considerable margin on top of the distribution price just because they can, time will tell.

Steveocee · 16 Oct 2019 at 05:54

david_xr said:
Waited so long for this chip, if it’s gonna be a really limited number and for system builders only I won’t be waiting around for it.
It’ll be bye bye behind the times intel, hello Ryzen.

Only to get equal performance you’ll need an equally rare 3900X lol

david_xr · 16 Oct 2019 at 08:42

Steveocee said:
Only to get equal performance you’ll need an equally rare 3900X lol

I wouldn't be to worried about sourcing one of those. i'd look to get the 3800x, well priced and has the same cores/threads just a tad down on clock speed. wouldn't consider a normal 9900k as there all gonna be awful clockers.

Steveocee · 16 Oct 2019 at 08:47

david_xr said:
I wouldn't be to worried about sourcing one of those. i'd look to get the 3800x, well priced and has the same cores/threads just a tad down on clock speed. wouldn't consider a normal 9900k as there all gonna be awful clockers.

Pretty dire situation isn't it? Buy a chip that is cheaper but lesser in performance or buy a chip you know probably won't clock as well.

david_xr · 16 Oct 2019 at 09:10

Steveocee said:
Pretty dire situation isn't it? Buy a chip that is cheaper but lesser in performance or buy a chip you know probably won't clock as well.

yep its pretty bad. the only plus is id save some £££. some days I think it would be far easier and less stressful just playing on a console.
for now I will sit and wait for the 'release' and decide from there, I mean a October launch and its halfway through the month already...

Woodsta888 · 16 Oct 2019 at 14:12

david_xr said:
I wouldn't be to worried about sourcing one of those. i'd look to get the 3800x, well priced and has the same cores/threads just a tad down on clock speed. wouldn't consider a normal 9900k as there all gonna be awful clockers.

3800X has 8 cores 16 threads
3900X has 12 cores 24 threads

david_xr · 16 Oct 2019 at 14:15

just seen some news online regarding the 9900ks, a shop in Czech sold it buy 'mistake', the guy who has it posted on Reddit that he has manage a 5.2 OC on air, with temps peaking 83'c on a 20mins prime95 run @5020mhz and 57'c while playing GTA V @5010mhz.
if that's true that's some pretty impressive temps at those clocks.

david_xr · 16 Oct 2019 at 14:18

Woodsta888 said:
3800X has 8 cores 16 threads
3900X has 12 cores 24 threads

I'm aware of the core/thread counts, hence the 3800x compares to the 9900k in terms of cpu count. as for performance yes I know it would be a slightly less.

henson0115 · 16 Oct 2019 at 14:23

david_xr said:
just seen some news online regarding the 9900ks, a shop in Czech sold it buy 'mistake', the guy who has it posted on Reddit that he has manage a 5.2 OC on air, with temps peaking 83'c on a 20mins prime95 run @5020mhz and 57'c while playing GTA V @5010mhz.
if that's true that's some pretty impressive temps at those clocks.

nevermind, found it

Besty · 16 Oct 2019 at 19:52

david_xr said:
just seen some news online regarding the 9900ks, a shop in Czech sold it buy 'mistake', the guy who has it posted on Reddit that he has manage a 5.2 OC on air, with temps peaking 83'c on a 20mins prime95 run @5020mhz and 57'c while playing GTA V @5010mhz.
if that's true that's some pretty impressive temps at those clocks.

AVX offset he is running is 4.6GHZ. We need an experienced user to get hold of one and clarify the voltage required for 0 AVX offset at 5ghz.

Grim5 · 16 Oct 2019 at 20:39

david_xr said:
just seen some news online regarding the 9900ks, a shop in Czech sold it buy 'mistake', the guy who has it posted on Reddit that he has manage a 5.2 OC on air, with temps peaking 83'c on a 20mins prime95 run @5020mhz and 57'c while playing GTA V @5010mhz.
if that's true that's some pretty impressive temps at those clocks.

What did you expect - it's a heavily binned chip - looks like only the top 1% of 9900k qualify as a 9900ks