i9-9900k vs i9-9900ks

[bcuz]

So other than clock speed what's the difference between the 9900k and 9900ks? Like is it just an overclock to the same processor or a whole new processor? Would it be worth waiting for the i9-9900ks? It's probably gonna be towards the end of the month before I have the money to buy one, but I can wait if it would be worth waiting.

[Spotty]

2 minutes ago, bcuz said:

So other than clock speed what's the difference between the 9900k and 9900ks? Like is it just an overclock to the same processor or a whole new processor?

The 9900ks is a binned 9900k. They take the good chips off the production line and scribble an s on the end in order to sell at a [presumably] slightly higher price. Same principal behind the 8086K compared to the 8700k.

 

3 minutes ago, bcuz said:

It's probably gonna be towards the end of the month before I have the money to buy one, but I can wait if it would be worth waiting.

What are you going to be using the system for? Do you already have the Z370/Z390 motherboard?
New Ryzen CPUs launch 7th July. Could be worth waiting until then to see some independent reviews as to how the new Ryzen CPUs compare against the Intel stuff. We know for sure there will be a 12c/24t Ryzen CPU, with a 16c/32t expected and being discussed by motherboard manufacturers however not yet officially confirmed by AMD.

[Constantin]

The 9900k is an outstanding CPU. 

You don't need to dig in to those"small" differences.

[melete]

28 minutes ago, bcuz said:

So other than clock speed what's the difference between the 9900k and 9900ks? Like is it just an overclock to the same processor or a whole new processor? Would it be worth waiting for the i9-9900ks? It's probably gonna be towards the end of the month before I have the money to buy one, but I can wait if it would be worth waiting.

Because of the CPU manufacturing process, there's some variance in quality between the chips coming out of Intel's fabs. All of them on store shelves pass Intel's performance requirements, but some of the chips just barely passed those requirements and some of the chips aced them with flying colors. Where your particular chip falls into that spectrum is the silicon lottery.

 

9900ks is Intel taking some of those highest performance chips that aced the requirements (the "highest binned" ones) and selling them with a fancy name tag and probably a fancy price to go with it. They're going to be the very best 9900k CPUs on the market, but they're still 9900k CPUs.

[Kisai]

42 minutes ago, bcuz said:

So other than clock speed what's the difference between the 9900k and 9900ks? Like is it just an overclock to the same processor or a whole new processor? Would it be worth waiting for the i9-9900ks? It's probably gonna be towards the end of the month before I have the money to buy one, but I can wait if it would be worth waiting.

 

Edit, sorry KF has the GPU disabled, KS is the one with the stable clock on all cores.

[MJG]

I know this is a old post, but what kind of bullshit is this... excuse the language, but how is this even legal, we are going to sell you the same processor for almost $100 more oh and by the way the 9900k we sold you was slightly defective so we slapped a s at the end of this one and its "technically" a different product.

 

Anyone have any luck getting intel to replace their "non binned" version with one. This is one of the sleaziest things ive heard of.. didnt know this had already been going on for some time since i dont follow tech news that closely

[Mister Woof]

In practice, around $50 and the letter S