Monday, October 1st 2018
Extravagant Intel Core i9-9900K Packaging Pictured
Thought AMD is the only chipmaker that can go over the top with packaging its processors? Intel wants to play this game, too. The company is going all out with differentiating its 8-core/16-thread Core i9-9900K socket LGA1151 processor from the rest of the pack. A big part of this is the retail packaging, pictured below. The box, if you can call it that, is an acrylic dodecahedron, a 12-sided 3D object with pentagonal faces. The front face has prominent "Core i9" branding, and marking that confirms that Intel will refer to "Coffee Lake-Refresh" as the 9th generation Core processor family. At this point, we don't know if this voluminous box packs a cooler besides the chip, but the possibility is rather slim. The Core i9-9900K is an 8-core/16-thread socket LGA1151 processor based on the 14 nm++ "Coffee Lake-Refresh" silicon. It is clocked at 3.60 GHz, with a staggering 5.00 GHz maximum Turbo Boost frequency.
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99 Comments on Extravagant Intel Core i9-9900K Packaging Pictured
For an 8c16t CPU
Called Core i9
Why not just a simple cube then?
Last seen as suppositories on the distant planet of Tangoria. :roll:
Please explain exactly how many millions of $$ were derailed from the product development and mfgr'ing process to the packaging/marketing dept.....
I'm pretty sure 99.9999% of us here would prefer to have a better, higher performing/faster, cooler, AND cheaper cpu in a less-extravagant box rather than the other way around...
REALLY... WTF ?????????
You don't see the signs? I see the signs. :D
We just need a box that is tamper proof, with as few materials as possible, whilst still protecting the product during shipping.
GJ Intel, GJ.
450 $ is the right price for a flag mainstream CPU from Intel. Hope they will sell the version without heatsink and a square package.
come on intel, roll over and die already.
The irony of running a green LED 24/7 was obviously somewhat missed...I think the most naive part of his post is the idea that any hardware company gives a shit about gamers. It's all enterprise first now.
b) That $460 isn't cheap, it also doesn't take into account the cooling costs nor the recent hike in tariffs.
So both your points sound like claptrap.