c4v3man :
I'm a little surprised Intel didn't debut weird packaging with the 40th anniversary 8086K, considering that's at least possible to look at as a collectible. This 9900K is merely a top end mainstream CPU that will be replaced next year by another top-end mainstream CPU.
Should be quite a beast though, 4.7Ghz all core turbo is nothing to sneeze at, especially considering it's 8 cores. AMD's not going to be able to touch this in a lot of tasks for quite a while. That being said, there's no way Intel would have shipped something like the 9900k within the next year or two if it wasn't for AMD putting on the pressure with some actual competition. And at $300 the 2700x certainly still has a place in the market as the "value" option, even if it's not remotely competitive any longer for the performance crown.
Should be quite a beast though, 4.7Ghz all core turbo is nothing to sneeze at, especially considering it's 8 cores. AMD's not going to be able to touch this in a lot of tasks for quite a while. That being said, there's no way Intel would have shipped something like the 9900k within the next year or two if it wasn't for AMD putting on the pressure with some actual competition. And at $300 the 2700x certainly still has a place in the market as the "value" option, even if it's not remotely competitive any longer for the performance crown.