glad I copped an i7-8700k a month ago right before the shortage started for a good price, the 9th gen is rather disappointing and prices once again raised,(reply>), I'd expect the 9900k to be an i7 for a similar price to  8700k since that one was really expensive at launch already, but that was pretty naive of me since it's Intel we're talking about here,(reply>), "the 9th gen is rather disappointing and prices once again raised"  What specifically is disappointing about it?  What did you expect?