For anyone considering that 8C/16T i9-9900K posted earlier for $926 probably best to save $172 and get this great 12 Core 24 Thread CPU instead (or wait 1 month for the i7-10700K which will effectively be an 8C/16T i9-9900K but with higher frequency for less money). Single threaded performance is still excellent while its multi-threaded performance is where it completely crushes the 9900K. Not as cheap as before the AUD went downhill but still significantly cheaper than any local store I can find
If anyone wants an X570 PCIe 4.0 motherboard that can handle this CPU with some overclocking the most reasonably priced ones that perform well include the following:
ASUS ASUS AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus ATX ($310 yesterday but OOS now - hopefully more stock soon - monitor with camel camel camel)
ASUS Prime X570-P (lacking I/O compared to other Mobos but appears to be cheapest one with a VRM that is not hot garbage) In Stock - $278 delivered with Prime
MSi X570 Tomahawk Max is upcoming and looks good but AU pricing is not finalised yet
This CPU will also be completely fine on a high quality B450 board like a MSi Tomahawk Max which have been on sale for less than $200 in the past. B550 boards are also coming up soon to bring PCIe 4.0 support to mid-range motherboards.
As I have alluded to in the comments (as well as some others) you can select Amazon AU as the seller for $789 delivered (no Prime needed) which will likely arrive faster (but who really knows with the postal system clogging up here)
paid $849 at msy 1 month ago…