Overclockers selling 9900ks

wookiee87 · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:21

As the title overclockers are selling the 9900ks cpu which is fine but has someone accidentally hit the keyboard with pricing, i nearly had a heat attack when it shows £1499 for a 8 core 16 thred cpu with 1 year warranty. That's an insane price for less money you can get a 3960x with 24 cores and 48 threads for god sake.

you'd have to be clinically insane to buy one XD

TonTom · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:36

Gotta milk those Intel bois

Robert896r1 · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:52

Lol! It’s a bargain compared to this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...hz-ddr4-extreme-overclocked-pc-fs-003-8p.html

wookiee87 · 27 Mar 2020 at 20:57

Robert896r1 said:
Lol! It’s a bargain compared to this: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8pac...hz-ddr4-extreme-overclocked-pc-fs-003-8p.html

i'd take that build if i could have a 3960x and a trx40 mobo instead then the asking price is well worth it but for a 8 core its crazy

kitfit1 · 27 Mar 2020 at 23:02

wookiee87 said:
As the title overclockers are selling the 9900ks cpu which is fine but has someone accidentally hit the keyboard with pricing, i nearly had a heat attack when it shows £1499 for a 8 core 16 thred cpu with 1 year warranty. That's an insane price for less money you can get a 3960x with 24 cores and 48 threads for god sake.

you'd have to be clinically insane to buy one XD

But, but but ....................................it's ALL down to Gaming don't you know......................................................................those extra 4fps mean everything and unless you actually have them..............your an FPS pleb and absolutely have to spend that £1500..................anything else just is not good enough.

wookiee87 · 27 Mar 2020 at 23:20

kitfit1 said:
But, but but ....................................it's ALL down to Gaming don't you know......................................................................those extra 4fps mean everything and unless you actually have them..............your an FPS pleb and absolutely have to spend that £1500..................anything else just is not good enough.

LOL having moved from Intel to AMD thanks to 3rd gen Ryzen, I'm loving my new AMD setup, the fps difference is negligible at best plus i don't need to buy another board unlike Intel's offerings, i can buy a 3950x if need be for more grunt and have enough for a second one just for the kicks compared to the £1500 Intel chip only

(don't get me started on pci-e lanes or thermals, big upside to AMD on that front, i mean if you like roasting your junk of playing games go ahead and get the 9900ks it will serve quite well as a room heater

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RSR · 27 Mar 2020 at 23:44

Dammm!

I have moved from a 9900KS to a 3960X and I’ve not really noticed any difference, id sell my 9900KS for a bit less than that quiet happily

Joxeon · 28 Mar 2020 at 06:51

It's probably what Intel would be charging if AMD had gone bust.

Woodsta888 · 28 Mar 2020 at 08:05

The speed binned ones are cheaper. :confused:

pete910 · 28 Mar 2020 at 11:07

Joxeon said:
It's probably what Intel would be charging if AMD had gone bust.

Yeah, for a 4 core too

humbug · 28 Mar 2020 at 16:02

TonTom said:
Gotta milk those Intel bois

Yes, tho perhaps not in such derogatory terms, some people want the best, the 9900KS is certainly that if all you do is play games and some people have enough money to pay whatever the price is, even if a £300 CPU will get you 90% of the performance of this £1500 CPU. They sell these at this price because there is a market for them.

They would say they are providing a product for that market.

ST_Craig · 28 Mar 2020 at 16:18

Probably a typo, especially since directly underneath the ad is another 9900KS ad
9900KS GUARANTEED 5.1GHZ ALL-CORE, ASUS MAXIMUS 11 HERO, 8 PACK 3600MHZ DUAL - for £1,129.96.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8-pa...us-11-hero-8-pack-3600mhz-dual-bu-026-in.html

wookiee87 · 28 Mar 2020 at 17:19

ST_Craig said:
Probably a typo, especially since directly underneath the ad is another 9900KS ad
9900KS GUARANTEED 5.1GHZ ALL-CORE, ASUS MAXIMUS 11 HERO, 8 PACK 3600MHZ DUAL - for £1,129.96.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/8-pa...us-11-hero-8-pack-3600mhz-dual-bu-026-in.html

with that whole bundle in mind i may contact ocuk and find out if it is a typo or real XD
tbh before this i did see the chip go to £999 a few weeks ago, looked again and saw the new price (ouch)

ST_Craig · 28 Mar 2020 at 18:30

It's a good chip, the KS is guaranteed 5Ghz all cores.
I would be using it for emulation like Playstation 3 emulation, Switch, Wii-U, Xbox 360 etc.. though I wouldn't swap for it for my 3900x.

Grim5 · 28 Mar 2020 at 18:33

wookiee87 said:
As the title overclockers are selling the 9900ks cpu which is fine but has someone accidentally hit the keyboard with pricing, i nearly had a heat attack when it shows £1499 for a 8 core 16 thred cpu with 1 year warranty. That's an insane price for less money you can get a 3960x with 24 cores and 48 threads for god sake.

you'd have to be clinically insane to buy one XD

the 9900ks is EOL, most stores are out of stock and it's a limited edition product.

mod course it's not worth it, the 10900k will be at worst half that price, out in 2 months and is faster

Darujhistan · 29 Mar 2020 at 13:14

7K and you only get an 8 core CPU...

One born every minuite I guess.

kitfit1 · 29 Mar 2020 at 15:20

Darujhistan said:
7K and you only get an 8 core CPU...

One born every minuite I guess.

Yep.
I've yet to get my head around why OCUK and 8Pack are not going all out with Zen yet on the top end stuff. OCUK must know that Zen is far out selling anything Intel has at the moment. Not just OCUK of course, but most e-tailers. Maybe that Intel backhander is still as strong as ever ?

Darujhistan · 29 Mar 2020 at 15:39

kitfit1 said:
Yep.
I've yet to get my head around why OCUK and 8Pack are not going all out with Zen yet on the top end stuff. OCUK must know that Zen is far out selling anything Intel has at the moment. Not just OCUK of course, but most e-tailers. Maybe that Intel backhander is still as strong as ever ?

Lots of old stock to sell at insane prices to the uninformed and the old corp backhander no doubt, they definitely pimp certain brands and items.

LePhuronn · 31 Mar 2020 at 11:46

kitfit1 said:
I've yet to get my head around why OCUK and 8Pack are not going all out with Zen yet

Because 8Pack did nothing but complain about how rubbish the entire Zen 2 package was because X570 had a buggy launch. I don't care how many world records he has (or had), he's an overpriced Intel shill these days, and "his" systems just show that unfortunately.

Scougar · 31 Mar 2020 at 15:44

LePhuronn said:
Because 8Pack did nothing but complain about how rubbish the entire Zen 2 package was because X570 had a buggy launch. I don't care how many world records he has (or had), he's an overpriced Intel shill these days, and "his" systems just show that unfortunately.

To be fair here... the Intel chips show more headroom under sensible cooling, and bear in mind he is an overclocker.

On the flip side. I have two sponsors (team level, and individual) for something not computer related. The individual sponsorship requires me to only use their products. Agreements vary, but sponsorship etc, comes with many strings.