Speculating here... neither of us knows the price. But when you got this sucker here, the
9900KS, launching within the month upwards of $600, you honestly expect this 10900K to be cheaper than that?
Intel's isn't going to stoop all the way to AMD's level. They still believe they possess premium products.
In order for the 10900K to run below $600, the 9900KS would also need to drop in price.
That's not taking into account the combination of motherboard and cpu cooler needed to meet that cpu's power needs and keep it reasonably cool.
Why wait up to another 6 months(according to rumors) for a cpu that doesn't offer any real advantage over the current king in gaming?
You STILL have not answered this question.
[What do you gain from Comet Lake that the current gaming king doesn't already cover?]
9900K:
-16 threads. What game(s) are maxing all those out?
-Top single core performance.
-Give the top single core cpu even higher single core performance with a 5.0ghz OC, provided the proper cooling and motherboard are on hand.
Work is a necessity. A 10900K/9900K is a want.
Explain. I'll give you mine, you give me yours.
Air coolers:
+generally quieter than liquid. The only moving parts are in the fan(s). Liquid cooling has fan(s) + pump.
+more affordable than liquid at the same level of performance.
+except for the fan(s), the heatsink lasts a lifetime. When the liquid cooler pump fails, it must be replaced.
+if a fan, or all fans fail, you can still operate the PC because the case fans will aid in cooling the heatsink
+doesn't clog, gunk up, dry out, or leak like liquid coolers can do over time.
+maintenance is easier.
+no concerns with galvanic corrosion ruining the cooler.
-the more effective the cooling, the larger the heatsink. Some of the larger models can interfere with the case side panel, rear case fan, and tall ram modules.
-no models currently available that can compete with 360mm and up AIOs, nor custom loops.
They didn't really know what the hell they were doing, huh? Noctua's coolers are fairly easy to mount, so...
1)Didn't use P95 v26.6, and failed to disable AVX.
2)In their overclocking endeavors, they all cranked their LLC settings to stupidly high levels as suggested in some OC guide by someone who didn't know any better, making their cpus run hotter than necessary. Plus other blah, blah, blahs regarding overclocking, and they didn't do proper research.
3)When case cooling is garbage, cpu cooling will also be garbage! Some people just seem to LOVE~!, and I mean LOVE, doing some of the BRIGHTEST combinations with their PCs:
-getting these 'cool' looking full glass cases and putting power hungry parts in them.
-getting cramped small form factor cases and also putting power hungry parts in them.
-get one of the above crap cases - power parts again - but use SILENCE FOCUSED case fans only! And so on...
The cpu in question is..?
The current gpu?
Which benchmarks?
Current case?
Bloody hell, did I get carried away...