Intel Core i9-9900KS
28th, October 2019Type
ProcessorPrice
$512.99 USIntel Core i9-9900KS - Cooler Performance and Temperatures
The Intel Coffee Lake processors feature higher clock speeds and more cores, this means that the temperatures can directly be affected by the updated design. In terms of packaging, the processor's ship with STIM or Soldered Thermal Interface Material.
In short, Intel has gone back to the soldered design with higher quality thermal interface material between the die and IHS so that should technically lead to better temperatures under overclocking and stress situations. The results were carried out with the ASUS Ryujin 240 AIO liquid cooler:
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The Intel Core i9-9900KS is the fastest gaming processor on the planet, featuring 5 GHz across all cores, surprisingly lower power consumption, better temperatures and hitting AMD at their weakest spot.
- Fastest Processor for Gaming right now!
- All Core 5.0 GHz core clock out of the box
- Excellent Overclock Capabilities
- Excellent Multi-tasking Performance
- New STIM Packaging for cooler temps
- Lower power consumption than the 9900K
Pros
- Very high price (8 cores for $500 US+)
- High Temperatures when overclocked
- No PCIe Gen 4.0 Support
- Still 14nm
Cons
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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