Just a heads up, that eight core processor you're getting is a hyper threaded quad core. Its not that I don't like AMD, I just don't like their willingness to so blatantly lie to the public.
Don't worry its a good processor, a fair mid-point between the 2500k and 2600k. Its not as good as the 2500k at gaming, and its not as good as the 2600k at multi-threaded tasks. Think of it like a jack of all trades, master of none sort of deal.
Of course with paton's post this one looks speculative now.