Monday, August 27th 2018
9th Gen Core Processor Price Leak by Czech Retailers Drop Hints on Possible MSRP
A number of retailers across Europe are coming up with early pricing of Intel's 9th generation Core-K processors, codenamed "Whiskey Lake" or "Coffee Lake Refresh." One such set of pricing, compiled by Czech publication Alza.cz confirms that our suspicions that Intel will establish a new $500-ish price-point in its MSDT (mainstream desktop) segment. We are not counting the anomalous / limited-edition Core i7-8086K in our assertion. The current Core i5-8600K is a $250-ish product, while the current platform flagship Core i7-8700K remains around $350. The upcoming Core i5-9600K (6-core/6-thread) and Core i7-9700K (8-core/8-thread) will succeed the two at nearly identical price-points. We expect Core i9-9900K to have a premium price around the $500-mark.
Intel arrested the growing popularity of AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 earlier this year, with its 8th generation Core i5 processors. The 2nd generation Ryzen 5 series only trade blows with Intel's competing offerings, with the Ryzen 5 2600X at best edging past the i5-8600K with a wafer-thin margin, in price-performance and absolute-performance. The Ryzen 7 2700X has more merits over the 6-core/12-thread i7-8700K, besides a slightly lower price, creating a competitive uncertainty that works to AMD's advantage; and which Intel hopes to plug with the 8-core/8-thread i7-9700K. The 8-core/16-thread i9-9900K could be double-digit percentage faster owing to HyperThreading and larger cache, and Intel could look to monetize that with a premium price.
Source:
Alza.cz
Intel arrested the growing popularity of AMD's Ryzen 5 1600 earlier this year, with its 8th generation Core i5 processors. The 2nd generation Ryzen 5 series only trade blows with Intel's competing offerings, with the Ryzen 5 2600X at best edging past the i5-8600K with a wafer-thin margin, in price-performance and absolute-performance. The Ryzen 7 2700X has more merits over the 6-core/12-thread i7-8700K, besides a slightly lower price, creating a competitive uncertainty that works to AMD's advantage; and which Intel hopes to plug with the 8-core/8-thread i7-9700K. The 8-core/16-thread i9-9900K could be double-digit percentage faster owing to HyperThreading and larger cache, and Intel could look to monetize that with a premium price.
59 Comments on 9th Gen Core Processor Price Leak by Czech Retailers Drop Hints on Possible MSRP
That said, prices for higher end computer parts are getting silly.
I guess that's the downside of duopoly for both CPUs and graphics cards.
This CPU will be better then a 2700X.
Sure, AMD has things they can improve, but how can you say it's a bad CPU? It might not be as good as Intel for gaming, but it's way better for a lot of other things that requires more than a single thread.
Ok, how much is Intel paying you? 1800X has literally shaken the whole CPU industry. It may not be perfect, but without it, Intel would still be selling ridiculously expensive 4 and 6 cores even today...
gtfo intel you can't keep scaming your customers
I'm so far behind what's going on....I still love the 2500k's. I also freely admit...anymore....I(and my wallet) just can't keep up. :)
Best,
Liquid Cool
on a side not I wonder what the turbo on a 9700 non K would be?
I do hope Intel can get Etailers to stick to the MSRP, my stocks depend on this.
:laugh:
10% faster than 1800X in CPU heavy work before OC, need I really mention gaming ? 7 months between them. Funny how your purchase choices can blur your vision and mess with numbers you see......
Classic intel. We love you!
Also still interested in seeing how the 9700K will compare to the 8700K.
With solder, it entirely falls down to how cheap you are with the thermal paste, that will be the results you'll have. But now, you can smear the best shit on top that can conduct the heat of thousand suns and it'll just do nothing because there is some generic crap grease under the IHS gimping it all. Stop being cheap Intel and use god damn solder even on 9600K.
Make no mistake, I'm criticizing Intel for lazy core progress and garbage design decisions like toothpaste under the IHS. These will be great clock wise for gaming because they just run high.