{"id":5035,"date":"2026-02-04T16:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/?p=5035"},"modified":"2026-02-04T16:32:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:32:14","slug":"the-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-on-the-gigabyte-z890-aorus-xtreme-ai-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/2026\/02\/04\/the-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-on-the-gigabyte-z890-aorus-xtreme-ai-top\/","title":{"rendered":"The Intel core ultra 9 285k on the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP is a great motherboard although it is a little\u00a0 pricey at $879.99 but you get what you pay for. THis board uses an Intel Z890 express chipset and has multiple PCIe 4.0 and 1 PCIe 5.0 M.2 and 4 6Gb\/s SATA connectors.<\/p>\n<p>The brain of the system, the Intel core ultra 9 285k<\/p>\n<p>Not only is this\u00a0 a great CPU for gaming its also one of the best valued CPUs out there. The Intel core ultra 9 285k is only $579.89 on newegg:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-arrow-lake-lga-1851-desktop-cpu-processor\/p\/N82E16819118505\">https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-arrow-lake-lga-1851-desktop-cpu-processor\/p\/N82E16819118505<\/a> and it will save you even more money because unlike its predecessors it wont over heat with out liquid cooling, it does perfectly fine on air cooling though liquid cooling is still reccomended especially if your going be doing serious gaming or multiple and\/or big tasks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5048\" src=\"http:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/images-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"292\" height=\"173\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Intel core ultra 9 285k specs<\/span><\/p>\n<p>socket:LGA1851<\/p>\n<p>cores\/threads:24(8 preformance 16 efficient)<\/p>\n<p>max turbo boost: up to 5.7 GHz<\/p>\n<p>cache: 36MB of Intel Smart cache<\/p>\n<p>Memory support:dual channel DDR5 up to 64ooMT\/s<\/p>\n<p>PCIe support: PCIe 5.0 and 4.0<\/p>\n<p>over clocking capable<\/p>\n<p>integrated graphics<\/p>\n<p>References:techradar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/cpu\/intel-core-ultra-9-285-leak-reveals-spec-of-tamed-arrow-lake-flagship-cpu-and-its-potential-performance-levels\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/computing\/cpu\/intel-core-ultra-9-285-leak-reveals-spec-of-tamed-arrow-lake-flagship-cpu-and-its-potential-performance-levels<\/a><\/p>\n<p>benchmarks:passmark CPU bench mark <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpubenchmark.net\/cpu.php?id=6296&amp;cpu=Intel+Core+Ultra+9+285K\">https:\/\/www.cpubenchmark.net\/cpu.php?id=6296&amp;cpu=Intel+Core+Ultra+9+285K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my opinion this is a great duo and adding liquid cooling would only make it better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE: THIS IS PART OF A SCHOOL<\/strong> <strong>PROJECT<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP is a great motherboard although it is a little\u00a0 pricey at $879.99 but you get what you pay for. THis board uses an Intel Z890 express chipset and has multiple PCIe 4.0 and 1 PCIe 5.0 M.2 and 4 6Gb\/s SATA connectors. The brain of the system, the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/2026\/02\/04\/the-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-on-the-gigabyte-z890-aorus-xtreme-ai-top\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Intel core ultra 9 285k on the GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":736,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nt-it-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/736"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5035"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5092,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5035\/revisions\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.nationaltrail.k12.oh.us\/ittech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}