If someone wants the
likely best gaming CPU out there at any resolution right now (soon!), then this is it, especially if they don't want to trawl through many reviews, often biased or with failings, to try to prove/disprove it.
For most it seems a crazy purchase however. As I'm getting older I get hot flushes just thinking about upgrading mobo too and then selling off all my used tat
so seems a pointless exercise as someone using a 9900K at the moment, even if it's a bit of a comparative bargain vs a new 9900K (25% extra cores+300mhz more) .But PITA mobo upgrade aside, another 14nm CPU from Intel. It does bode well I think for when they get their next node release right however.
My next upgrade is likely when DDR5 arrives and whatever AMD and Intel have out then. When I first saw it I got a little excited as I thought I could just paste one into my current main system but really cant be bothered with a strip down and mobo replacement too.
PS just kidding about the bargain statement!