Appreciate the response and input.  The only thing is.. for LGA 1150 motherboards, Newegg said they're out of stock and that they don't allow "autonotify" the product is perhaps out of production I believe. 

I'm still considering options, but looks like I'll have to take on the loss and move on... maybe go with an AMD platform for DDR4.. AMD seems to keep their socket lifcycles for longer.  We'll see.. we'll see.