[SOLVED] Core i7 9800x Release Date?

[pawinda]

Does anyone know when the Core i7 9800X will be released? All online sites show "Pre-Order".

 

[Supernova1138]

Probably sometime within the next couple of months, though unless you desperately need features on the X299 platform or already have an X299 board it's probably not worth it. It's only 8 cores and 16 threads, you may be better off getting the 9900k instead if you really want to stick with Intel, or look at a Threadripper chip if you really need lots of cores and threads. Even if you insist on X299, it's pretty much going to be the same as the 7820X, just with slightly better out of the box clockspeeds.

 

[pawinda]

Thanks. I've hesitated on 7820X because of thermal issues cited by many tech sites. I'm looking for more PCie lanes (presently have 8700K/Z370 rig). I have a Highpoint 7101A M.2 RAID card which needs PCIe X16 and an Intel Optane 900P SSD which needs PCIe X4. I also have Thunderbolt 3 drives which I presently use with an ASUS Thunderbolt EX card but it requires X4 also. I also have a GTX 1060 which requires X16 but could use X8. However, on Z370 or Z390 if you populate both X16 slots, then the 2 X16 slots drop to 8X/8X which is not optimal for the Highpoint 7101A. I am pondering a Gigabyte Z390 Designare upgrade which gives me native Thunderbolt 3 and frees the X4 slot. Also, it can output Thunderbolt 3 video to an AKiTiO eGPU Node which would give me all my peripherals (7101A in X16 slot/2nd X16 slot unpopulated/GTX 1060 external in AKiTiO Node). However, I'm weighing the cost of the components for that configuration against simply getting the lanes with an X299/Core X rig (unfortunately, no Threadripper rig has Thunderbolt). I may look at the 7820x with an AIO cooler. Thanks again for the input. Much appreciated.

 

[luis.antonio.pratas]

Probably sometime within the next couple of months, though unless you desperately need features on the X299 platform or already have an X299 board it's probably not worth it. It's only 8 cores and 16 threads, you may be better off getting the 9900k instead if you really want to stick with Intel, or look at a Threadripper chip if you really need lots of cores and threads. Even if you insist on X299, it's pretty much going to be the same as the 7820X, just with slightly better out of the box clockspeeds.

Core i7 9800X is a very good processor and why you nowdays need more than 8 cores-16 threads? You guess that the 9900k is better than the 9800x? Also the 9800x has the clock unlocked and has 16.5MB of L3 cache, why is not as good? Beyond that has AVX-512 vectorial instructions. Can have faster Ram memories, i think.

 

[Supernova1138]

Probably sometime within the next couple of months, though unless you desperately need features on the X299 platform or already have an X299 board it's probably not worth it. It's only 8 cores and 16 threads, you may be better off getting the 9900k instead if you really want to stick with Intel, or look at a Threadripper chip if you really need lots of cores and threads. Even if you insist on X299, it's pretty much going to be the same as the 7820X, just with slightly better out of the box clockspeeds.

Core i7 9800X is a very good processor and why you nowdays need more than 8 cores-16 threads? You guess that the 9900k is better than the 9800x? Also the 9800x has the clock unlocked and has 16.5MB of L3 cache, why is not as good? Beyond that has AVX-512 vectorial instructions. Can have faster Ram memories, i think.

The 9800x is going to offer similar CPU performance to the 9900k in most workloads (possibly less if your workload is effected by core-to-core latency heavily due to the mesh bus being slower than the ring bus) all while costing more overall due to the extra cost of the X299 motherboard. That makes the 7820x and 9800x hard sells unless you really need the extra PCI-E lanes, use an application that actually supports AVX-512 or you are severely bound by memory bandwidth and need quad channel RAM. Most people who need that sort of stuff are more likely to go for a CPU that has more than 8 cores and 16 threads these days.

 

[karenjoly]

This cpu is out now here

https://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=4_1210_65&item_id=129923

 

[karenjoly]

Here are some interesting Premier Pro benchmark results of several i9 and i7 cpus including x series
https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Premiere-Pro-CC-2019-Intel-X-series-2018-Refresh-Performance-1286/