Intel i7 9700K release date, specs, price, and performance

Intel is rumoured to be launching the Intel i7 9700K this October. This high-end CPU is usually the holy grail for gaming performance, however, the i7 9700K isn't like most i7 chips before it. No, this time Intel's switched off Hyper-Threading, the tech that doubles the threads to every physical core, leaving this eight-core chip equally threaded this time around. And there's also a new top CPU in town. Despite historically taking the top spot, the i7 9700K won't be the flagship of the mainstream product stack. Instead, Intel's i9 9900K, with eight-cores and 16-threads will be taking that accolade. This chip is the only eight-core mainstream CPU from Intel to feature Hyper-Threading, and it looks gamers may have to part with even more cash for the privilege of those extra threads. Both eight-core chips retain the LGA 1151 socket support. That means they will be compatible with current Coffee Lake motherboards - Z370, H370, H310, etc. - but also a new chipset, Z390, currently rumoured to be launching close to, if not at the same time, as the new chips

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