If you don't overclock, then the 9900K or whatever it is called will be the fastest CPU on a mainstream socket without overclocking, and it remains a great product.
I think your previous baffling statements are finally reconciled. It isn't about anything actually wrong with the 8 core CFL, it is about your preference for AMD. Got it.
This is very cheap. I always have a critical view and if a manufacturer does something i do not like... Well, i will always write about it.No matter if it is AMD, Intel or Nvidia.
I guess you looked at my signature and made assumptions based on that.
Before i buy any kind of hardware, i do some research into what i am going to do with it and how much i am willing to spend on it.
for my A10-6700 system, i just needed a few years ago a pc to do moderate taks. And it sufficed greatly.
For my new R5 -2600 system, i have more in mind. And so far, i am not regretting buying it.
The system i game with, does everything i want at HD resolution 1080p and with all graphic settings maximized.
It does so easily. And when i need to run non gaming software it also does easily.
It is obvious that you have this Intel /AMD bias. I do not. I never mentioned that AMD is superior in every which way or Intel is not, that is your distorted view of reality.
If people want to make a game pc, and are willing to spend and ask me for advice, i always say buy the 8700K and even delidded if possible, because it is the best for gaming you can get.
And for some other tasks as well. Although i now mention the 8086K as well.
If they ask me , i want the fastest graphic card in general, i always promote the 1080TI from Nvidia.
But as i always say, it comes at a price.
AMD can provide a very good system that costs less and in 90% of the general use cases you will not know the difference between having an AMD or Intel.
The whole point i was making in my post was not that Intel should not have an 8 core cpu at all. It is just that they have so many cpu to be sold.
And i fear there will be another stream of reviews where people say Intel is competing with Intel. While AMD is competing with Intel as well.
Alas, you can think what you like.