Wednesday, May 6th 2020
Intel Comet Lake Review Kit Unboxed, Core i9-10900K and Core i5-10600K Pictured
It seems that today Intel lifted an embargo on the preview of its reviewer kit, and thanks to a few websites we have pictures of what the packaging looks like. And it is one fancy packaging for sure with lots of plastic this time around. Intel has decided to switch up its packaging game and now it is very different. Now Intel seems to target aesthetics very similar to AMD Threadripper packaging, with a plastic window that reveals the CPU box that has big words distinguishing whatever the model in question is a Core i5 or Core i9.
The reviewers have gotten two CPU models - Core i9-10900K and Core i5-10600K which are pictured below. Just as a reminder, reviews of these CPUs should go live on May 20th. If you want to get a Z490 motherboard for one of these CPUs, you can pre-order motherboard from your favorite vendor starting from today.More pictures follow.
Sources:
VideoCardz, 4Gamers (Images), BenchLife (Images)
The reviewers have gotten two CPU models - Core i9-10900K and Core i5-10600K which are pictured below. Just as a reminder, reviews of these CPUs should go live on May 20th. If you want to get a Z490 motherboard for one of these CPUs, you can pre-order motherboard from your favorite vendor starting from today.More pictures follow.
45 Comments on Intel Comet Lake Review Kit Unboxed, Core i9-10900K and Core i5-10600K Pictured
Wow.
I think the only thing I am interested in is how much more carbon will these "new" processors add to the environment for the sake of squeezing more performance. As it stands now, the power consumption of existing 9th gen can rival that of a server class processor with higher core counts. Intel should be "proud" that they won the most power inefficient processor award in 2019 and 2020.
They should be showing number of cores and base speed.
You could do better with i9 and i3, for benchmark disparity of course :D
All the tops for every socket of the past years get resurrected now under I3. I5 I7. The spot light is for the 10900 really.
Although the number of SKUs can be confusing, the move from 9000 series to 10000 series makes sense....regardless of the iterative changes. 9th gen... 10th gen...
Soooooo much Intel hate in this thread....ridiculous.
Well we all know what a 5Ghz Coffee lake can do, sooo WOW what a boX...... :D
Go into an electrical retailer and they always try to upsell or sell based on the fact it is an i7 or i9 etc.
Their own charts are misleading and have been doing it for years.
This style of selling technique is ongoing.
What is misleading about that ancient intel slide? C2D is better than Pentium D is better than Celeron. Ryzen 9 is better than Ryzen 7 is better than Ryzen 5 is better than Ryzen 3. An i9 is better than an i7 is better than an i5 just the same, no? What are you seeing I'm not? Again I ask, what makes AMD's naming convention any better? It doesn't meet your criteria either....
A more recent slide has differing segments with "gaming" showing the i9 series chips, yet those that know better could be happy with an i5 or i7.
AMD marketing is virtually non existant here, it's still only sold as a Ryzen 3, 5, or 7 though.
And Amd mobile naming is even worse in my book. For some mysterious reason, they are choosing an higher first number for their apu/mobile CPU. Ryzen 4800H when it should have been a Ryzen 3800H smh.
But again, tech company are rarely good when it comes to make a simple and clear naming convention. One of the reason that I became interested in tech was to avoid getting swindled by vendors needing to meet a quota. "That pentium D laptop, is far better than that core 2 duo laptop that we don't have in stock anymore".
There's too many peoples who are afraid of tech and don't even try to understand what's behind the numbers, when it's not that hard. If you can read a graph, it's enough to know what to buy, and what to avoid.