Core i9 9900x vs 9900k

[prophet89]

Hi guys,

I'm looking to upgrade from at i7 2700k and cannot decide between the 9900x vs 9900k
I cannot find any OC info on the 9900x, is this because it just doesn't overclock well or is there another reason that I am missing.

The PC is used for Lightroom/Photoshop, Plex Transcoding and gaming.

My original thought was to get the 9900x and try to overclock into the 4.8ghz region thinking this would provide decent performance and have the support of 10 cores etc... making it fairly future proof. However, the more i look i can only find info on 9900k which in benchmark tests seems to outperform the 9900x given its 5ghz clock speeds as well as a fairly decent amount of overclocking potential.

What is the better option to go with here?
Would it be a mistake to go down the LGA2066 socket route in terms of future upgrades?

 

[prophet89]

Thanks. I will try and hold off until the zen release to see what happens to prices.

What are peoples thoughts on 9900x? I know that the 9900k seems to be favoured especially for games but is there a real world difference between the two? would i be better off or disadvantages going for the 9900x and the LGA2066 socket?