Good luck with that pricing, it’s closer to R8k new. You’d only realistically find something near R4k on the second hand market but they are very scarce there too.
Because you can buy an i5-8400 which gives similar performance for significantly less. Hyperthreading, which is the major feature of an i7 provides exactly 0 benefit to gaming.
I would not say zero performance. Battlefield 5 loves HT and SMT CPU’s a lot more, compared to a standard quad/hex core. Of course this is just one title in an ocean of many.
I do agree that the 7700k is over priced, due to being unlocked, vs AMD’s offerings or lintels 8-series.
As for Black Friday, nothing went on special I wanted. Hoping Cyber Monday gives me something interesting.
0 benefit, as the performance gained far outweighs the price difference. Last check I did the 7700 was between 1 and 5% faster in most gaming benchmarks compared to the relatively lackluster 8400. But from a price perspective its way more than 5% more expensive. Yes, you can overclock the 7700K, but even then an i5-8600K is a cheaper and better option
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Made a topic so any advice there would be appreciated
You filthy little liars. 
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Haha I haven’t ordered from there in a while but they always charged me immediately.
It finally went off this morning. Now I feel a lot poorer, but no buyers remorse yet. 
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Hey at least it is on its way!
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