Decided to upgrade motherboard and CPU after an alarming overheating experience with my older 4 Core i7. The i9 with 10 Cores and 20 Threads seemed a suitable upgrade. All went well with the installation and I was up and running again in no time. This variant comes with its own cpu fan unit but I discarded that for a something with a bit more grunt. Overall, been up and running now for about a fortnight and I'm happy to say this experience is much improved over its 4 core predecessor. Highly recommended.