This isn't really worth the digital paper it's being printed on by all these hardware outfits eager for Comet Lake news; we knew the pricing was going to remain on a high footing more or less from the outset. If there's any truth to this, wesee the 10900K square at the $500 mark but it's more likely to be as high as $549. That's not bad when you consider they insist on retailing the Cascade Lake part at upwards of $600 but given the new socket and power draw requirements, I think more people will wait to see if Zen 3 will finally clock to 5ghz, which in itself is unlikely but the prices on ComL will have dropped by then anyway so the wait-and-see game is the one to play if you're in the market for a new CPU.