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Gigabyte Bundles Overclocked Core i9-9900K With $900 Motherboard
Gigabyte is getting into the chip binning business and selling Core i9-9900K's pre-overclocked to 5.1 GHz in the process. Gigabyte understands that many builders would rather be customizing than overclocking, and some simply don’t have the money to bin their own $520 CPUs, so the firm decided to offer its top-paying customers a way to save time, aggravation, and maybe even a bit of cost without making them feel like they're economizing with its newly-launched Z390 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce 5G Premium Edition Bundle.
The bundle pairs an Intel Core i9-9900K that’s been pre-overclocked to 5.1GHz with Gigabyte’s $900 Z390 Aorus Xtreme Waterforce, which was already a $550 Z390 Aorus Xtreme that had been bundled with a $350 monoblock. Phew.
Supply shortages have already pushed the Core i9-9900K to around $520. If Gigabyte can keep the added cost of its CPU at or below $600, we can’t think of a reason someone who’s willing to spend $900 on a mainstream motherboard and water block wouldn’t want to toss a few extra bucks at the overclocking-certified sample.
