Home / Component / CPU / Intel confirms 5GHz Core i9-9900KS and Cascade Lake X for October

Intel confirms 5GHz Core i9-9900KS and Cascade Lake X for October

Matthew Wilson September 4, 2019 CPU, Featured Tech News

To kick off this year's IFA in Berlin, Intel held its third Real World Performance event, which brought us some interesting news. Not only is the Core i9-9900KS coming soon, but there was also confirmation of Cascade Lake X coming very soon.

The Core i9-9900KS is a special edition version of the eight-core chip. The thing that makes this one stand out is that the KS versions have been cherry picked to overclock to 5GHz across all eight cores. This will be launching in October, although pricing is still to be confirmed.

On the HEDT front, Intel is also planning to launch Cascade Lake X next month too. This will replace Skylake X and according to Intel, we should also see a 1.74x to 2.09x performance boost compared to the previous gen.

Unfortunately, Intel wouldn't say much more than that, so we'll be waiting a bit longer to hear full details on Cascade Lake X specs and pricing.

KitGuru Says: October is shaping up to be a big month for Intel. Are any of you currently waiting on new CPUs before upgrading?

Become a Patron!

Tags

Check Also

Intel Nova Lake-S socket may be compatible with older and current CPU coolers

Intel's next-generation desktop CPU socket, LGA-1954, is rumoured to retain the same physical dimensions as its predecessors, LGA-1851 and LGA-1700.

© Copyright 2025, Kitguru.net All Rights Reserved Standard Terms

We've noticed that you are using an ad blocker.

Thank you for visiting KitGuru. Our news and reviews teams work hard to bring you the latest stories and finest, in-depth analysis.

We want to be as informative as possible – and to help our readers make the best buying decisions. The mechanism we use to run our business and pay some of the best journalists in the world, is advertising.

If you want to support KitGuru, then please add www.kitguru.net to your ad blocking whitelist or disable your adblocking software. It really makes a difference and allows us to continue creating the kind of content you really want to read.

It is important you know that we don’t run pop ups, pop unders, audio ads, code tracking ads or anything else that would interfere with the KitGuru experience. Adblockers can actually block some of our free content, such as galleries!