Testseek.co.uk have collected 468 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 9900K 3.6GHz Socket 1151 and the average rating is 86%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 9900K 3.6GHz Socket 1151.
May 2019
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The editors liked
Up to 5GHz Turbo Boost
Adept multi-core processing
Ideal for multiple uses inc. video editing
Excellent overall performance
Soldered IHS
Excellent IPC
Strong multi-core performance
Blurs the lines between gaming and HEDT
Wide choice of Z390 boards
8-cores
16 threads at long last
400MHz faster than last gen
Soldered thermal interface medium
Dominating hyper-threading performance
Runs significantly cooler
Tight energy consumption
Ultra-speedy for video rendering and editing
Best clock speeds of all the consumer CPUs
Intel is finally using solder again for better temperatures and better overclocking headroom
Fastest desktop processor from Intel to date
The best gaming CPU currently on the market
8 cores and 16 threads of pure performance
Good performance
Reasonab
Eight cores running close to 5GHz
Soldered heat spreader helps thermals
Compatible with Z370 motherboards
Excellent DDR4 memory support
The editors didn't like
Small amount of overclocking headroom
Expensive when compared to AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
16 PCIe lane functionality only
£600 price tag
Hardware still susceptible to exploits
Gets very hot when overclocking
Expensive
Little to no improvement for gaming
Underwhelming performance for video games compared with the competition
Requires powerful cooler to prevent overheating
Not much room for overclocking
Still expensive compared to AMD's Ryzen processors
Very high price
Minimal headroom for overclocking
Very few games make use of more than four cores
This refreshed architecture is still not proofed against security problems
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Published: 2019-10-09, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
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