Intel Core i7-9700K 8 Core 4.9 GHz CPU Is Just $299 at BestBuy!-November 2024-www.yitit.com

Intel has discounted the Core i7-9700K all the way down to just $299.99, taking a full $85 off the original price of $385. With Intel not having a new architecture or an improved processor node and the 10nm manufacturing issues that they have been having, it means that Intel is starting to lower its prices to stay competitive with AMD.

Intel's Core i7-9700K is a 4.9GHz 8 Core CPU processor for just $299.99

The i7 - 9700K's base clock is 3.60 GHz which is reasonably fast for gaming. Not only is that designed to make this a perfect CPU for gaming, the 4.90 GHz boost clock makes sure that even the most demanding gaming sessions will be smooth without any stuttering or CPU bottlenecking. This CPU doesn't include Hyper-Threading, which means this octa-core CPU has only eight processing threads. With the lower thread count, this CPU is worse when comparing to an AMD Ryzen 5 3600 for video editing or other higher threaded task. The AMD Ryzen 5 3600 is noticeably cheaper even with Intel's recent discount.

The Core i7-9700K still runs off the 14 nm process node and is based on the older Skylake CPU architecture, especially when comparing to AMD's 7nm Zen 2 architecture which is a brand new and IPC uplifting architecture. Regardless, the Core i7-9700K offers enough overclocking headroom to hit 5 GHz across all cores under good liquid cooling setups and the additional support of 128 GB DDR4 memory on the mainstream Z390 platform is also great for $300 US.

While this CPU does have integrated graphics, Intel UHD Graphics 630, which has a GPU clock speed of 300 MHz but can boost that clock speed to 1150 MHz, this GPU is not able to run most AAA games at 1080p resolution. A prime example of this is Destiny 2 which can run at 720p with the crazy low frame rate of 17 FPS. So, if you are planning to use this as a gaming processor, then you will need to make sure to add a discrete graphics card.

Intel 9th Generation Core Family CPU Official Specifications:

Processor Name	Process	Cores / Threads	Base Clock	Boost Clock	Cache	TDP	Price
Core i9-9900KS	14nm++	8 / 16	3.6 GHz	5.0 GHz (8 Cores)	16 MB	127W	$513 US
Core i9-9900K	14nm++	8 / 16	3.6 GHz	5.0 GHz	16 MB	95W	$488 US
Core i9-9900KF	14nm++	8 / 16	3.6 GHz	5.0 GHz	16 MB	95W	$488 US
Core i7-9700K	14nm++	8 / 8	3.6 GHz	4.9 GHz	12 MB	95W	$374 US
Core i7-9700KF	14nm++	8 / 8	3.6 GHz	4.9 GHz	12 MB	95W	$374 US
Core i5-9600K	14nm++	6 / 6	3.7 GHz	4.6 GHz	9 MB	95W	$262 US
Core i5-9600KF	14nm++	6 / 6	3.7 GHz	4.6 GHz	9 MB	95W	$262 US
Core i5-9600	14nm++	6 / 6	3.1 GHz	4.5 GHz	9 MB	65W	TBD
Core i5-9500	14nm++	6 / 6	3.0 GHz	4.3 GHz	9 MB	65W	TBD
Core i5-9400	14nm++	6 / 6	2.9 GHz	4.1 GHz	9 MB	65W	$182
Core i5-9400T	14nm++	6 / 6	1.8 GHz	3.4 GHz	9 MB	35W	TBD
Core i3-9350KF	14nm++	4/4	4.0 GHz	4.6 GHz	8 MB	91W	TBD
Core i3-9100	14nm++	4 / 4	TBD	4.2 GHz	6 MB	65W	TBD
Core i3-9000	14nm++	4 / 4	3.7 GHz	N/A	6 MB	65W	TBD
Core i3-9000T	14nm++	4 / 4	3.2 GHz	N/A	6 MB	35W	TBD