I would be really excited for this but the only affordable option to me will be 8 core at best. Even that would probably cost 1k for cpu/MB/ram. The 18 core is going to be like $2500. $2000 for the 16, $1700 for 14 core, $1500 for 12 core, $1000 for 10 core and $600 for the 8 core.