Lovely and well-written article.
For my most recent build I carefully chose an i9-9900KF - the F version (no graphics) because supposedly it's a better chip - that choice bit me in the butt when my graphics card died on me - smart moves sometimes turn out differently.
I'm happy I picked this one - even now it still kicks buitt, relatively spoken. With the current hardware drama in full swing it's unlikely I can build something new any time soon, but the 9900 will remain relevant for a long time I think.
One little pang of regret: I had the opportunity to go Xeon with a similar clock rate for the same kind of cash. Decided against it because the new build was going to replace my old main box and I needed be sure it would work for me. Even now I sometimes think "You should have gone Xeon you little weasel!" Hahaha.
