There are also more i9 chips coming out this month and next. The $1200 12 core 7920X will probably have roughly the same multicore performance as the TR 1950X,

There are also more i9 chips coming out this month and next. The $1200 12 core 7920X will probably have roughly the same multicore performance as the TR 1950X, but while maintaining significantly better single core performance. So, in my opinion, if you're looking for an affordable badass workstation chip, but you also want top of the line game performance, wait until the end of August and get an i9 7920X.