A somewhat different box for the Core i9-13900K, with two notable changes
, so the spillage around these 13th-gen processors appears to be picking up momentum.silicon won’t go on sale until October
. These leaks starting to pop up more and more right now is a hopeful indication that we might just see these processors sooner in October, rather than later. As far as the packaging itself goes, changing from a gold wafer to silver seems an odd choice for Intel, suggesting something of a downgrade, at least subliminally. You get a silver medal for second place, after all, and gold for the top spot. It’s good to see a slimmer box in terms of keeping things a bit more environmentally-friendly, as well; although that said, the additional wafer packaging is rather unnecessary, and not so ecologically sound in that respect.
We’ve a feeling that the wafer gimmick is getting its last outing here, and it would make sense for Intel to do a complete box redesign for the next generation of processors in 2023, which will be