The Intel Core i9 14900KS worth has seemingly simply been revealed, because of the chip showing on the web site of retailer Microcenter. We at all times anticipated it to be expensive however this itemizing suggests the chip shall be much more costly than its predecessor, the 13900KS.
We’re absolutely anticipating the 14900KS to rival a few of the finest gaming CPUs for each basic desktop and gaming efficiency. Nonetheless, with earlier leaks exhibiting that the chip will eat a daft 400W of energy when underneath full load, you’ll want a strong cooler and energy provide combo to tame it.
So simply what’s the Intel Core i9 14900KS worth? $749 is the reply you’re on the lookout for. That’s $50 greater than the 13900KS was at launch and makes this the costliest Core i9 gaming CPU the corporate has ever launched, discounting the HEDT Core i9 chips launched a number of years in the past now. That mentioned, it’s nonetheless potential albeit unlikely that this isn’t consultant of Intel’s MSRP and Microcenter simply occurs to have a rogue higher-priced itemizing of the chip.
The itemizing itself will be seen for those who Google “microcenter 14900KS” with the search snippet exhibiting the title, some particulars and the value of the chip. Click on the hyperlink to the Microcenter web site and the product isn’t really listed, suggesting the web page appeared for lengthy sufficient for Google to index it earlier than being taken down.
The itemizing additionally clearly notes that for all that money, you don’t get a cooler with this chip. That’s not shocking for a high-end CPU however it doesn’t precisely assist the worth proposition of this processor. The Google snippet additionally reveals the chip could have a 3.20GHz clock velocity, home 24 cores, and use the LGA 1700 socket, mirroring twelfth, thirteenth, and 14th gen chips just like the Core i5 14600K.
In keeping with Videocardz, Microcenter has additionally confirmed the total specs of the chip earlier than the principle web page was taken down. Particulars embrace the 32MB of L2 and 26MB of L3 cache, 150W TDP, 6.20GHz peak clock velocity, and that it’ll include 8 P-Cores and 16 E-Cores.
The 14900KS is about to be the quickest clocked CPU the corporate has ever produced, however it probably gained’t be sufficient to topple the AMD Ryzen 7 7800 X3D as the very best gaming CPU. Not forgetting that it’ll probably eat lots of energy within the course of, it’ll definitely be a spectacle of a battle for supremacy.
