If the new i5 is essentially the old 8700K (6c/12t), and prices are reasonable, that might make a decent starter gaming rig, considering the R5-3600 (and occasionally the 3700X) is challenged to match the 8700K <b>in gaming</b> even today when both are at stock clocks...  (Not sure how well the 10700K would do over the 9700K, looking forward to the gaming frame rate results) Then we would be waiting on AMD's response later in the year? If the alleged 10-15% IPC jump of Ryzen 4000 occurs, they might finally get 'gaming parity'. (Waiting for an AMD fan to point out that <b>if</b> the Intel CPUs were just clocked 500-700 MHz less, or AMD were clocked just 500 MHz faster, AMD would be leading!) :)