Intel's Core i9-9900KF is down to $420 at multiple stores, the lowest price yet

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By Corbin Davenport
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It doesn't have integrated graphics, but be honest, you weren't going to use them anyway.

Intel Core i9-9900KF

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The Intel Core i9-9900KF was released earlier this year as an alternative to the 9900K without integrated graphics. However, Intel priced it nearly identically to the 9900K, so there wasn't much of a reason to buy it. It dropped to a more reasonable $440 two weeks ago, and now it's available for just $420. For comparison, the full-fledged i9-9900K is still priced at $485.

This is an 8-core/16-thread processor, built on the 14nm Coffee Lake architecture. It has a base frequency of 3.6GHz and a max turbo of 5GHz with the right cooling. It's just a 9900K with the integrated graphics disabled, so you'll need a dedicated graphics card to use it at all. Of course, a high-end gaming PC without any discrete GPU would be a bit silly.

Intel Core i9-9900KF Desktop Processor | $419.99 ($20 off)Buy at Amazon, Buy at Walmart

<a href="https://target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8432&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2FIntel-BX80684I99900KF-i9-9900KF-Processor-Unlocked%2Fdp%2FB07MGBZWDZ%2F%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-20" data-link-merchant="Amazon US"">Intel Core i9-9900KF Desktop Processor | $419.99 ($20 off)
This high-end Intel CPU without integrated graphics just dropped another $20. You'll need an LGA 1151 (300 Series) motherboard to put it in. <a href="https://target.georiot.com/Proxy.ashx?tsid=8432&GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.com%2FIntel-BX80684I99900KF-i9-9900KF-Processor-Unlocked%2Fdp%2FB07MGBZWDZ%2F%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-20%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-20" data-link-merchant="Amazon US"" data-link-merchant="Amazon US"">Buy at Amazon, <a href="https://goto.walmart.com/c/1943169/565706/9383?subId1=hawk-custom-tracking&sharedId=hawk&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.walmart.com%2Fip%2FSeries-Lake-Coffee-Intel-i9-9900KF-16-Thread-Turbo-3-6Ghz-300-BX80684I99900KF-5-0-Core-LGA-1151-i9-8-Core-Desktop-GHz-3-6-95W-Octa-core%2F479927485" data-link-merchant="walmart.com"" data-link-merchant="Amazon US"" data-link-merchant="Amazon US"">Buy at Walmart

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Corbin Davenport
Corbin Davenport

Corbin is a tech journalist, software developer, and longtime PC Gamer freelance writer, currently based in North Carolina. He now focuses on the world of Android as a full-time writer at XDA-Developers. He plays a lot of Planet Coaster and Fallout and hosts a podcast all about forgotten stories from tech history.

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