Although this will likely be hard for those seeing through rose colored AMD glasses to grasp, but there are some of us out here that are not overly concerned with the cost of the processor or the best "bang for the buck" CPU (within reasons of sanity course, e.g. I wouldn't pay $5000 for it). All I care about if it is the fastest, and best overall processor at this level of top-tier enthusiast's products for some productivity work, and for gaming. It indisputably is. Even with buggy early BIOS'. Performance will only continue to improve over the next few months. And please no TR comparisons, as they are not in the same class, nor are they meant to be. That being said, I take nothing away from the Ryzen 7 2700x because it has proven it's worth to many. But I would simply rather have the i9-9900K. The extra money is worth it to me, and it's my decision. I'm not asking for someone to tell me how horrible of a deal it is and try and sell me on something that I don't want. Just as I would not tell you what to buy either.