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In the photo above you can see the Core i9 9900K. Keep in mind that the media press sample packaging is different from the SKU you'll find in the stores. 

This eight-core (sixteen threads) proc has a 95 Watt TDP. This is an engineering sample supplied by Intel, the base clock frequency of this processor is 3.6 GHz with a Turbo to 5.0 GHz on two cores and an all-core Turbo of 4700 MHz.

It uses Socket LGA 1151, that is quite a number of pin contact points right there. You can use Z370 motherboards for the Coffee Lake 9th gen processors. For the 8-core parts, I would recommend Z390.
 
 

 
Intel uses its traditional socket mounting system that you know from the Series 100 and 200 platforms. An advantage here is that you can re-use your old cooler as the socket mounting itself has remained the same.