Same here Bob.

I need much cpu power than anything else, so it's different from Marco.
Amd seems the way to go with the actual Ryzen line, but now this one seems real too :

http://www.tweaktown.com/news/57530/amds-next-gen-threadripper-16c-32t-launch-june/index.html

3.5-3.9GHz 16cores / 32 threads / ddr4 quadchannel ... yummy !