You guys have had to wait a long time for it, but the Core 9000 series processors finally have been released. Three of them in this initial launch actually, two eight-core processors and one six-core processor. We'll test all three of them actually, but will separate them into three reviews, as each processor really serves a different user-base.

In this review, we test out the Core i5 9600K. This is the new mainstream processor that you can seat into your Z390 or Z370 (update your bios first please) chipset based motherboard. If you want to build a gaming rig, this processor is your best value bet in the new 9000 series. The new processors I've just called a refresh however, an 8-core part based on Coffee Lake-S, has never been released before. So with refresh, I do mean the same 14nm Coffee lake architecture that was brought into the Core 9000 series.