Rumor: Core i9-9900K could hit 4.7 GHz on all cores and use a soldered IHS
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Not that long after Intel apparently tipped off the internet about the existence of its ninth-gen Core CPUs, there are some more rumors flying about the company's latest developments in the desktop CPU space. Grab your salt shaker and proceed. According to Computerbase, a now-defunct thread in Chinese forum Coolaler contained specifications on rumored upcoming Core i9-9900K chips, Core i7-9700K, and Core i5-9600K chips. More recently, German site Golem.de claims to have obtained information stating that the two higher-end models will use solder instead of thermal pads under their heatspreaders. Let's look at the rumored specs first.
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