If Intel’s feeble 6GHz Intel Core i9-14900K Raptor Lake refresh CPU ain’t doin’ it for you, do not panic. A brand new and as but unannounced variant, operating at an all essential 200MHz sooner, has been noticed. Give it up for the Core i9 14900KS, that important “S” indicating that this can be a 6.2GHz chip.
Not less than, that is what’s been noticed on Israeli rig builder PCOnline’s web site. In truth, the 14900KS-powered machines are nonetheless there as we write these phrases.
After all that is under no circumstances an official launch from Intel. But it surely appears believable, with the chip described as providing the proper 36MB of cache, totally entered into PCOnline’s ecommerce system and thus accessible throughout a variety of configurations. On the very least, it doesn’t appear like a typo. Any individual at PCOnline undoubtedly thinks there’s such a factor because the 6.2GHz 14900KS.
For the file, and if you’re questioning, a reasonably naked bones rig with the 14900KS, 16GB of RAM, not discrete GPU and a 512GB SSD is available in at a value that interprets into $1,214. The identical field with a plain outdated Core i9 14900K is $1,051. Absolutely the pricing is probably not vastly related, however the $163 premium for the brand new 6.2GHz chip is in keeping with the additional Intel fees for the “S” model of the OG Raptor Lake household.
For context, the Core i9 13900K from the outgoing thirteenth Gen household is presently yours for about $550 whereas the 13900KS goes for just below $700. With the most recent 14900K retailing at round $590, presently, that will put the 14900KS at a probable $750 at retail, or maybe a whisker decrease.
It is some huge cash for an additional 200MHz to make certain. More often than not, there’s zero probability you are going to subjectively really feel what’s, at finest, a 3% enhance in clockspeed.
Alternatively, if you’re on the lookout for an Intel i9 desktop CPU with the very best potential overclocking headroom, effectively, the brand new Core i9 14900KS—whether it is certainly a factor—will seemingly come from the very prime testing bin and obtain the perfect clock speeds of any and all variants.
With a PC builder apparently leaking the 14900KS, we suspect if that is all for actual, Intel will go reside with the CPU pretty quickly. In the event that they’re feeding PC builders with data on the chip, it is in all probability imminent. And this leak may simply power Intel’s hand to make it extra imminent nonetheless. Watch this house.