New gaming rig

[modestlaw]

I gotta say, If you are doing general productivity, you may want to consider the a Ryzen 3 Chip, you give up less than 5% game and single threaded performance to can gain upwards of over 40% performance on multi-threaded workloads.

Unless you're chasing that ultra high FPS (exceeding 144fps) the trade off for Intel in my view isn't worth it. Its also worth noting the Intel's CPU architecture is getting long in the tooth and next gen consoles will be using the a Zen 2 based CPU, so there might be an architectural advantage on AMD for newer games in the near future.

In your budget, you could either save $100 and go with a
3900x (12 core 3.8ghz base 4.6ghz boost) or spend an extra $200 for the 3950X (16core 3.5ghz base 4.8ghz boost)

The 3950X starts to tread into proper high end workstation territory for a consumer level CPU and Moba.

me personally, I have a 3700X and love it, best computer i've ever had