Yeah it will be interesting what the new 8700 hex core can do.. I wouldn't hold my breath on it getting to 5GHz nearly as easily as the 7700k though. There's always lots of rumors before release about how good a CPU is, but until it's out in the wild I take everything with a fairly good sized grain of salt lol, particularly when pre-release reviewers are being paid or supplied extra free gear to write a positive review..
 

Threadripper CPUs come out August 10th. Intel already started pricing cuts on its top tier chips. I would wait. Intel being forced to drop its prices is a win for everyone.

Talonman
Question: If you were going to be running your rad in a push pull config, in the front of your case...
Do you put one fan on the outside of the case, then mount the RAD directly to the inside of the case, with the second set of fans on it's backside...
or do you mount the entire rig, RAD and 4 fans inside the case, with the RAD being mounted only to the fans?

This is a difficult queation to answer, since I haven't seen the case personally. So I'll just give you the way on how to choose how you want to mount it. First check if you have enough space to have all the fans and the rad itself mounted inside the case and if there's enough clearance for a good airflow, if you're going to mount one fan outside.
If there's enough space to mount all the fans and rad inside, but not enough clearance for airflow to go in with one of the fans outside then do that. If it's the other way around, then, you guessed it, do it the other way around. And if there's no issue with both. Then look how you like it more, I would also check the temps with both ways. Basically it all depends on how good the airflow is in both cases.

I never usually mount rads infront of the case, since it's not really recommended. And 20/30 builds I had to do just this year, were hardline/soft tubing custom waterloop builds, I can't talk about AIO and smaller rads. Never used them, since the person who taught me to build told me that it isn't really recommended if you're doing these builds as a job(since custom waterloops give you more money, and people usually also call you to change the liquid, which you can charge them for).

NP, I'd just recomend running some tests both ways then and check which has the best temps for your taste. Or just looks.
Can't choose for ya'. Tbh there's no better way in this case. Also, have you thought about Threadripper or nah?

I think it should run games just fine. Not top of the line fine, but good enough for 4k and even then with the extra cores you would multitask no issue. The whole issue with this, is that we need to know benchmarks on it before buying. I myself will wait for another year or so and see if Intel and AMD will think of something new in that time.
Although I really need a new workstation or upgrade the old one.

Talonman
If Thread Ripper does well with benchmarks, I may just buckle and become a Ryzen guy this time around...
40 PCIE lanes...
Solder, no TIM like Intel...
I would be a 1900X guy.
 
It could happen. I would just send my Rad back to EVGA unopened, and buy a different cooling solution for Thread Ripper from them...
Heck, might even get my motherboard from them too?
 
My first thought when I woke up this AM was, I need a Motherboard and CPU! 

That's worse option, same as i7-7800X or i7-7820X compare to i7-6900K. Intel give nothing to owners of i7-6900K and i7-6950X.
8 core Skylake is downgrade compare to Broadwell with 8 cores, thermal paste, less PCI-E lanes, just little better but who knows how much if you compare them on same clock. 
Because Intel sell 8C/16T for 599$ with probably much better gaming performance than AMD.
AMD power is to beat i9-7900X for 750$ and to amazing Cinebench performance over 3100 points with 1950X.
1900X should be avoided because you can buy Skylake-X with same number of cores. 

Tbh, It's the same thing both ways. There are no games that would abuse so many cores. Not this year, and unlikely in the next. But who knows about after that. It might turn out that games will start using cores more than the gpu.
I'd buy the lowest i9 or threadripper and wait what comes in the near future.
You can always sell them afterwards and buy a better version for that money anyway.
I myself will stick with the 7700k I have right now. And see if the prices fall or they'll think of something even better.

Nereus
 
Take a look at the EVGA CLC 280 CPU cooler, it's excellent.
 
I've heard the Aquacomputer m.2 cooler works well. I had one of the ASUS 3D printed mounts made for a m.2 cooler fan (for the Hero) - it works great. There isn't one for the Code because of the armor:
 

 

Help me figure out how to order one of these...
I went to the link, but only see how do download the plans. 

Thanks! I found one.
 
Final Parts Have Been Purchased For The New Build !!!
 
CPU -  (1) Intel 7th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processor i7-7700K (BX80677I77700K)
 
Motherboard - (1) ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero LGA1151 DDR4 DP HDMI M.2 USB 3.1 ATX
 
(1) M.2 fan mount from ASUS 3D printed mounts: 3D printed M.2 fan mount: Red Strong & Flexible Polished: Pinkish red, richly colored nylon plastic with a smooth finish.
 
(1) CASE FAN, 40X40X10MM, BALL BEARING, 3-PIN (For M.2 drive)
 

 
FYI, I used a Fractal Design Silent Series R3 40mm Silence Optimized fan [link] for the m.2 cooler.
 
 

Hey Talon, your choice of case intrigues me, what made you go for that case? The rest of your build is really nice and will def have some staying power for a few years.

Nereus
 
Nice build! See you went with the i7-7700k huh - couldn't wait? lol :D  I'd be exactly the same :)
 
Don't forget to post it on ModsRigs!
 
..actually I need to get around to posting my build too... maybe this weekend? 
 

Yes, I broke... I decided that I am just building a gaming rig, and not a Mainframe.
Figured the 4 fast cores will serve me best.

Welcome to the Republic Talonman. You picked a good Z270 mobo to go with.
 
It's hard to beat ASUS ROG Maximus IX Hero mobo. That mobo comes with some nice premium features, nice build quality at a good price.

Nereus
 
Take a look at the EVGA CLC 280 CPU cooler, it's excellent.
 
I've heard the Aquacomputer m.2 cooler works well. I had one of the ASUS 3D printed mounts made for a m.2 cooler fan (for the Hero) - it works great. There isn't one for the Code because of the armor:
 

 

My RED M.2 3D printed bracket arrived today. (It looks sweet!)
I went to mount my fan and realized that I don't have the 2 tiny screws ready to go.
Were there some in the fans box that I misplaced?
Where did you get the 2 tiny screws to mount your fan?
 
Thanks!

MSim

Talonman
My RED M.2 3D printed bracket arrived today. (It looks sweet!)
I went to mount my fan and realized that I don't have the 2 tiny screws ready to go.
Were there some in the fans box that I misplaced?
Where did you get the 2 tiny screws to mount your fan?
 
Thanks!

Did you check the mobo box?  I believe mine came with the screws for the 3D mount spot. 

Will do... I am at work right now. 3rd shifter, Computer Operations... I am monitoring Batch Processing right now, to ensure error free Operations!