> That said, if you don't need very high core counts, the PCIe lanes, or the memory bandwidth I'm on 1900X because it has the PCIe lanes and memory bandwidth,

> That said, if you don't need very high core counts, the PCIe lanes, or the memory bandwidth I'm on 1900X because it has the PCIe lanes and memory bandwidth, but do not need the cores. The bonus is, that the fewer cores are clocker higher, becuase they still have the same temperature budget as the higher models.