Intel 9th Gen Core desktop CPUs – i9-9900K, i7-9700K and i5-9600K, Core X-Series, and Xeon W-3175X announced

Intel has announced new 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K which is its gaming processor. The i9-9900K offers eight cores and 16 threads, clocked at a base frequency of 3.6 GHz, boost up to 5.0 GHz. Other Intel Core X-series processors include 9th Gen Core i5 and Core i7 models; the i7-9700K, i5-9600K and the Intel Xeon W-3175X processor. The 9th Gen Core i7-9700K comes with eight cores and eight threads, and base 3.6 GHz clock speed (which can be boosted to 4.9 GHz); and the i5-9600K which packs six cores and six threads at a base 3.7 GHz speed, boost speed up to 4.6GHz.  The company claims that the 9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900K is the world’s best processor for gaming. The new chips are still based off Intel’s existing 14nm process. All three of the 9th Gen Intel Core processors enable fast, immersive experience for gamers, with up to 8 cores and 16 threads, up to 5.0 GHz single-core turbo frequency, 16 MB Intel Smart Cache, up to 40 platform PCIe 3.0 lanes for system expandability for gaming, creating and overclocking. The Meltdown Variant 3 and L1 Terminal Fault issues and remaining protections done through software. It enables more than 220 FPS on three of the ...