I think what I’m going to do is buy a 9900k or 9900X and see how it performs. The X299 motherboard I’m thinking of buying (Asus WS Sage/10gb) allows me to use any of the x series i9s so like the option of upgradability is always there. Having Slave computers for sample lifting really does help and when I finally use a TB3 PC, I can then get an UA X6 interface finally using UAD sattelite cards which takes even more pressure off the main computer.
Both 9900k and 9900X seem like very fast CPUs and much cheaper than a 9980X.
Both 9900k and 9900X seem like very fast CPUs and much cheaper than a 9980X.