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I'm thinking of going i9 from the start and having a system I don't really need to upgrade for many years. Assuming the i9 isn't vastly over £500.
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Making the leap from a 2500k. Plodding along nicely since 2011
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Is there a NDA on benchmarks? If so, does anyone know when it gets lifted?
Apologies if it's been mentioned, but this is an 80-pager!
Apologies if it's been mentioned, but this is an 80-pager!
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There seems to be an NDA on everything thus far.
Early October has been mentioned.
That is all.
Early October has been mentioned.
That is all.
Soldato
Is there a NDA on benchmarks? If so, does anyone know when it gets lifted?
Apologies if it's been mentioned, but this is an 80-pager!
Steve from HU has said intel hasn't provided an NDA for him...... But he is going to wait until release day to release benchmarks.
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I presume there is no more news on an actual release date?
This is looking more and more like a paper launch with each and every passing day, especially with so little news and less than 2 weeks until October (suspected release time)
This is looking more and more like a paper launch with each and every passing day, especially with so little news and less than 2 weeks until October (suspected release time)
Oh, my head hurts now!!
I know it’s an OC forum and not mentioning other huge retailer but £304 for an 8700k must be a ‘bargain’, right?
Not keen on waiting only to find that 8000 prices keep rising and 9000 prices are big to start with.
Could keep waiting but then it’s when does Zen 2 come out etc. Yawn, I only buy every 5 years or so.
Bite bullet now or keep waiting??
I know it’s an OC forum and not mentioning other huge retailer but £304 for an 8700k must be a ‘bargain’, right?
Not keen on waiting only to find that 8000 prices keep rising and 9000 prices are big to start with.
Could keep waiting but then it’s when does Zen 2 come out etc. Yawn, I only buy every 5 years or so.
Bite bullet now or keep waiting??
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What about the 2700x? That's what I'm feeling right now.
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I'm waiting. My mobo has to be replaced so I'm going z390 and 9900k i hope.
But that leaves me without a pc now and this wait...
1st world problems
But that leaves me without a pc now and this wait...
1st world problems
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I've got a 2600k OC'd to 4.5GHz - so I'm hoping the i9 9900k will finally be a worthy upgrade to sandy bridge - I've already bought the memory, just waiting on the motherboard and CPU now
Keep thinking about it but with needing costly fast memory than Intel, even with having to buy a separate cooler, they work out about the same.
Thing is, I will be doing serious flight sim with X-Plane 11 which really taxes CPU core speed as well as GPU but also day job IT with a network of VM’s and a bit of coding.
Aargh, sore head!!
Soldato
I've got a 2600k OC'd to 4.5GHz - so I'm hoping the i9 9900k will finally be a worthy upgrade to sandy bridge - I've already bought the memory, just waiting on the motherboard and CPU now
Huge upgrade, similar position to me. It will be over twice as powerful.
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Whoever does buy one will certainly have a capable cpu for any task for many, many years...just look how long quad cores were relevant
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They were only relevant for that long as Intel and AMD didn't push more cores. I'd say even in the next 3-5 years, that 8 cores will become the normal. i.e. 8 cores will be the new quadcores.
God even my phone has an octocore setup...on a phone lol????
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Yeah sure, what I'm saying is 8 cores and 16 threads of 5 plus ghz with this IPC will last for a long long time, there's no questions about it...
But yeah exynos 8 cores and mobile 8 cores or whatever have been about for what seems a very long time now but the core speeds and power efficiency targets a different market entirely.
You're right in that 8 core is probably going to become quite normal for a desktop. I'm just saying this i9 will be one to stand the test of time...another 2500k/2600k or whatever.
Problem is that £304 is for an out of stock item that could either be cancelled or stock may never arrive.
Only buy that makes sense to me tm is a second hand 8700k as cpu's are pretty bullet proof it's a safe purchase.
I did this about 3 weeks ago and it's a good step up from my 4770k
It'll likely be shipped within a few days.
Best price I've seen for a while (295 a few months a go)
At this stage I dont think it's worth it. Im waiting till Jan.
Best price I've seen for a while (295 a few months a go)
At this stage I dont think it's worth it. Im waiting till Jan.
Same as me. Ive been waiting and waiting for the right CPU that will justify the upgrade from an OCed 2600k. I please games at 4k and even then i dont think the 9900K will make a huge difference as you are GPU limited at that res.