When Intel quietly rolled out its 14-core Core i9-9990XE aimed at extreme desktops earlier this year, the company only planned to sell the CPU to system integrators and only through a closed online auction. We expected that the system integrators would sell them only in systems, however CaseKing has decided to sell it at retail.

Source: AnandTech – Intel’s ‘Auction-Only’ Core i9-9990XE Available in Retail: €2999