Intel Core i9-9900K packaging spotted, priced at $582

Intel's new Core i9-9900K might have the most exotic packaging of an Intel CPU ever.

@anthony256

Published Oct 2, 2018 12:17 AM CDT
Updated Nov 3, 2020 11:50 AM CST

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Intel is expected to unveil its first ever 8C/16T processor this month, with the Core i9-9900K looking like it'll be the best CPU for gaming ever made. But you can't make a great CPU without some awesome packaging, right?!

Intel Core i9-9900K packaging spotted, priced at $582 | TweakTown.com

A new listing on Amazon shows off some never-before-seen packaging for an Intel Core i9 processor with a very small '9th gen' at the top, and the listing itself showing 8C/16T at up to 5GHz. We can also see it has Hyper-Threading technology enabled (hence the 16-threaded part), 16MB of cache and of course it has the ability to be overclocked since it's a K-series processor.

The box, if real, looks ridiculously good and could give AMD a run for their money with the awesome packaging for the second-gen Ryzen Threadripper CPUs. The listing has the purported Core i9-9900K costing $580, which is a stark difference to the rumored price of $480 from my post on the 9900K yesterday.

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Anthony Garreffa

Anthony joined the TweakTown team in 2010 and has since reviewed 100s of graphics cards. Anthony is a long time PC enthusiast with a passion of hate for games built around consoles. FPS gaming since the pre-Quake days, where you were insulted if you used a mouse to aim, he has been addicted to gaming and hardware ever since. Working in IT retail for 10 years gave him great experience with custom-built PCs. His addiction to GPU tech is unwavering and has recently taken a keen interest in artificial intelligence (AI) hardware.