Testseek.co.uk have collected 142 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 11900K 3.5GHz Socket 1200 and the average rating is 74%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 11900K 3.5GHz Socket 1200.
April 2021
(74%)
142 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(85%)
924 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
740100142
The editors liked
Impressive Tubro/Velocity clock boost
Great single/multi-core performance
PCIe 4.0 ready
Genuinely Improved IPC
Hyperthreading across the stack
Potent choice for gaming
PCIe 4.0 from the CPU
Great gaming performance
PCIe 4.0 support
The absolute best CPU gaming performance
Support for PCIe 4.0
Core i9-11900K plus Z590 plus Adaptive Boost equals 5.1GHz on all cores
Intel finally supports PCIe Gen 4 on the desktop
The editors didn't like
Requires new chipset to take full advantage of tech
At the very peak of thermal limit
Power consumption surpasses some HEDT chips
14nm in 2021
Huge power use in optimal form
Fewer cores than last gen
Meagre overclocking potential
Chipset stuck on PCIe 3.0
Lackluster multi-threaded performance
Expensive
Gets hot
High power consumption
Very high price
Only marginally more powerful than cheaper alternatives
Multi-threaded performance can't compete with AMD
Power draw is too high
Cutting back to eight cores has hurt Rocket Lake
The confusion with Adaptive Boost looks like an own goal
The hassle with PCIe Gen 4 makes us wish Intel had gone with a new socket
