9th Gen Core Processor Price Leak by Czech Retailers Drop Hints on Possible MSRP

[btarunr]

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.



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[R0H1T]

Well they're Intel they can do anything, at least they think they can, & get away with it

 

[TheLostSwede]

Well, this wasn't really unexpected, more cores cost more money so...
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.

 

[mcraygsx]

Refresh looks good on paper but what are they doing about Spectre, Meltdown and Foreshadow vulnerabilities at this stage. Hyper Threading is a security risk in its own corner.

 

[RejZoR]

Apart from raw clock speed, congratulations Intel, you've just released a competing product for Ryzen 1800X from 2 years ago. XD

 

[champsilva]

Apart from raw clock speed, congratulations Intel, you've just released a competing product for Ryzen 1800X from 2 years ago. XD

Wth, 1800X isnt a good CPU, a lot of issues and also high memory latency.

This CPU will be better then a 2700X.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Refresh looks good on paper but what are they doing about Spectre, Meltdown and Foreshadow vulnerabilities at this stage. Hyper Threading is a security risk in its own corner.

Good thing only the 9900K has it then...

Wth, 1800X isnt a good CPU, a lot of issues and also high memory latency.

This CPU will be better then a 2700X.

You mad because you only have a dual core CPU with HT? Or you just trying to take the piss for no reason?
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.

 

[RejZoR]

"1800X isn't a good CPU"

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...

 

[mcraygsx]

Wth, 1800X isnt a good CPU, a lot of issues and also high memory latency.

This CPU will be better then a 2700X.

This has to be a joke. AMD Zen architecture is the reason an average consumer can easily afford something more then Quad Core in their system. If it were up to INTEL, we'd still be paying premium for their eXtreme series Hex Core processors and motherboards. At the same time I have never owned an AMD product for myself but I am glad they are taking away market shares from Intel at this point.

 

[Vya Domus]

This CPU will be better then a 2700X.

A new CPU better than an old one ? Astonishing insight mate.

 

[nickbaldwin86]

For $350 I will take a 9700K today... right now! would go great in my z370 Classified EVGA board and would love to replace my 8350k running @ 5Ghz for a CPU that would OC to 5Ghz with a tick of a multiplier.

 

[GorbazTheDragon]

Oooooooooh baby I wonder what's gonna happen to all those low end boards with "multicore enhancement" or whatever they call it enabled out of the box

 

[noel_fs]

YIKES

gtfo intel you can't keep scaming your customers

 

[oxidized]

Apart from raw clock speed, congratulations Intel, you've just released a competing product for Ryzen 1800X from 2 years ago. XD

LMAO.

 

[Liquid Cool]

I don't follow these releases all that closely anymore. Frankly, because I'm getting older and have problems in life to deal with. Although, I do watch the news releases on this website. I could have swore the 8th gen just came out a few months back? I'm not seeing the advantages to releasing these processors at an accelerated pace....which I imagine makes their current inventory obsolete. Tongue in cheek of course, but it appears as though they're on the same release schedule as Firefox and Chrome.

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

 

[dirtyferret]

fantastic I can finally upgrade my slow 8600k to a super fast 9600k for only $270

on a side not I wonder what the turbo on a 9700 non K would be?

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Wth, 1800X isnt a good CPU, a lot of issues and also high memory latency.

This CPU will be better then a 2700X.

Please go back to Tom's Hardware. This is something the editor over there would say.

I do hope Intel can get Etailers to stick to the MSRP, my stocks depend on this.

 

[cucker tarlson]

Apart from raw clock speed, congratulations Intel, you've just released a competing product for Ryzen 1800X from 2 years ago. XD

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......

 

[CandymanGR]

Some with IHS soldered, and some with thermal paste. I will laugh a lot when the i5 6 core processors will have 20c-25c higher temp difference, even if the consumption is lower than the i7.
Classic intel. We love you!

 

[JRid]

Still will go with AMD next build

 

[TheTechGuy1337]

Still rocking i7 ivy bridge and haswell in my home. I'm almost itching to upgrade, but honestly I would not notice the difference in performance in real world scenarios. I've got a modest oc on both cpu's atm. Maybe when there comes a time where I want to watch a movie, play a game, render a video, and twitch stream at the same time.....I might consider the extra core count then lol...

 

[TheOne]

If true this is where I thought they would be, the i9 is a $1000+ HEDT CPU there isn't much chance they would sell it for $400 in the consumer market.

Also still interested in seeing how the 9700K will compare to the 8700K.

 

[kastriot]

Expensive and using paste again to lower costs, lol what a greedy bastards..

 

[Octopuss]

So the prices will be lower? On Guru3D, I read that 9900K was supposed to cost about €720.

 

[bug]

So much drama for prices that are clearly marked as estimates in that picture...