9900KS...

Besty · 26 Sep 2019 at 17:14

did a world war z test today at 100fps ultra freesync on 1080p with meh 5700xt.

9900k@5ghz 1.2v drawing about 45w-65w. 5700XT doing 75-95w.

This should give you a good idea of what a 9900ks is gonna look like.

henson0115 · 26 Sep 2019 at 18:17

Besty said:
did a world war z test today at 100fps ultra freesync on 1080p with meh 5700xt.

9900k@5ghz 1.2v drawing about 45w-65w. 5700XT doing 75-95w.

This should give you a good idea of what a 9900ks is gonna look like.

if those are software readings and not external hardware readings you might as well throw them out the window as they arnt correct.

Grim5 · 26 Sep 2019 at 19:49

Besty said:
did a world war z test today at 100fps ultra freesync on 1080p with meh 5700xt.

9900k@5ghz 1.2v drawing about 45w-65w. 5700XT doing 75-95w.

This should give you a good idea of what a 9900ks is gonna look like.

The haters will say fake news - cause the 9900k must be doing 250w Amirite

sideways14a · 26 Sep 2019 at 19:52

Well it prob doesnt use a lot of power when not being stressed, but then the same can be said for any cpu.
I also doubt many will buy a 9900ks, overclock it even more and run it at a third of its capabilities most of the time.

Grim5 · 26 Sep 2019 at 19:54

sideways14a said:
Well it prob doesnt use a lot of power when not being stressed, but then the same can be said for any cpu.
I also doubt many will buy a 9900ks, overclock it even more and run it at a third of its capabilities most of the time.

it’s a gaming cpu - what you see is what you get - I don't think anyone is buying them to do high core count creative work. Most owners are gamers. And even though no game can max out the CPU, the 9900k is still get 10% more fps at 5ghz in games - some games just like frequency

Besty · 26 Sep 2019 at 22:42

henson0115 said:
if those are software readings and not external hardware readings you might as well throw them out the window as they arnt correct.

I have 185w at the wall from my socket meter but that includes two pumps and nine fans, five 140mm and four of them 200mm.

according to the hardware readings off the corsair 850i rails i was using last week the software readings are very accurate, on these latest chips at least.

i expect the division 2 readings i will take tomorrow will be far higher.

Grim5 · 26 Sep 2019 at 22:50

Besty said:
I have 185w at the wall from my socket meter but that includes two pumps and nine fans, five 140mm and four of them 200mm.

according to the hardware readings off the corsair 850i rails i was using last week the software readings are very accurate, on these latest chips at least.

i expect the division 2 readings i will take tomorrow will be far higher.

Just ignore him - many of the best reviewers use software readings for tempreture and power draw. It's obviously pretty damn accurate. Out of interest, I don't think I've ever seen a "omg my 9900k is overheating while gaming" thread. But I have certainly seen those threads with the 3900x & 3700x lol.

Woodsta888 · 27 Sep 2019 at 00:30

Grim5 said:
Just ignore him - many of the best reviewers use software readings for tempreture and power draw. It's obviously pretty damn accurate. Out of interest, I don't think I've ever seen a "omg my 9900k is overheating while gaming" thread. But I have certainly seen those threads with the 3900x & 3700x lol.

Can you link one with certainty?

henson0115 · 27 Sep 2019 at 09:46

Grim5 said:
Just ignore him - many of the best reviewers use software readings for tempreture and power draw. It's obviously pretty damn accurate. Out of interest, I don't think I've ever seen a "omg my 9900k is overheating while gaming" thread. But I have certainly seen those threads with the 3900x & 3700x lol.

no they dont and if they do, they shouldn't. since he is using software from the PSU and pulling readings from the PSU (HARDWARE) it is likely accurate, but using say HWinfo for example to read power draw will not give you accurate readings.
i think you will find if you go back and check those reviews you will find some mention of hardware readings somewhere.

david_xr · 27 Sep 2019 at 12:52

slightly off the topic of power draw,
I see some rumoured pricing has come up on this chip today. is looking to be around the £600ish mark by the looks of it so far.

nomadd · 27 Sep 2019 at 13:48

david_xr said:
slightly off the topic of power draw,
I see some rumoured pricing has come up on this chip today. is looking to be around the £600ish mark by the looks of it so far.

So, about double the price of a 3700X.

For gaming, I'm wondering if that's really worth it at all...

Toasty · 27 Sep 2019 at 13:49

Better off getting a 3700X and spending extra on GPU

Orange Nexus · 27 Sep 2019 at 14:49

TrM · 27 Sep 2019 at 14:52

Orange Nexus said:
600$

with our crappy exchange rate though 600 dollars would be close to 600 pounds though

TrM · 27 Sep 2019 at 14:58

david_xr said:
slightly off the topic of power draw,
I see some rumoured pricing has come up on this chip today. is looking to be around the £600ish mark by the looks of it so far.

Intel never like to drop prices and bring the 9900ks down to 9900k would mean a perma price drop on the 9900k

nomadd said:
So, about double the price of a 3700X.

For gaming, I'm wondering if that's really worth it at all...

I can’t talk about the 3700x as I have a 3900x but in my own testing on my machine vs my friends both with top 2080ti is nearly next to no difference between us. Not going into intel ba amd argument me dropping 4 cores for the recommended fastest gaming chip is not worthwhile and I do t imagine the 3700x is to far of my 3900x in games so I doubt it worth the massive price difference. The price difference between the 2 could mean buying the next tier up of graphic card if you buying both the difference between 2070 and 2080 for instance

Spook187 · 27 Sep 2019 at 14:58

600 are they for real, might just go for the i9900k now and see if I get lucky, robbing gits.

Besty · 27 Sep 2019 at 18:00

Spook187 said:
600 are they for real, might just go for the i9900k now and see if I get lucky, robbing gits.

lets see the binned volts before we post judgement

Steveocee · 27 Sep 2019 at 19:45

I expected £600. Not surprising when current is £500.

Makes my mind up I'll delid the 8700K though.

4K8KW10 · 27 Sep 2019 at 19:49

Orange Nexus said:
600$

No one is going to buy it as evident from the poll at https://www.techpowerup.com/259595/intel-core-i9-9900ks-to-cost-around-usd-600
But probably that's the idea

nomadd · 27 Sep 2019 at 20:44

4K8KW10 said:
No one is going to buy it as evident from the poll at https://www.techpowerup.com/259595/intel-core-i9-9900ks-to-cost-around-usd-600
But probably that's the idea

Imagine how shocked we'll all be when it comes out at £199 inc. VAT.