That $450 price point for the i9-10850K actually makes a lot of sense if the 10900K stock stays this low. I noticed the article mentions the 125W TDP will likely be the same as the 10900K, which is interesting because, in my experience, those numbers are usually just a baseline. Once you let these 10-core chips boost to their full potential, they can really pull some serious juice.
I remember trying to repurpose a high-quality 488-Watt server power supply https://serverorbit.com/power-supplies/server-power/488-watt for a compact home lab build a while back. While a 488W unit is usually a total tank in an enterprise environment, these newer consumer chips under a heavy load—especially if you pair them with a decent GPU—really start to push the limits of sub-500W power deliveries. It’s wild how much the power requirements have scaled just to chase that extra 100 MHz.
Do you think Intel is just binning chips that couldn't quite hit the 10900K's peak stability, or is this a genuine move to give us a better value option for high-end builds?
