Area 51 future proof question

So I've been looking at an Area 51 R5 with an I7-7800x and GTX 1080ti. It runs on the x299 boards and my question is will this system with this motherboard support the next Intel chips and the new GPU's Nvidia just announced? I'm not crazy about the 7800x so I would upgrade that at some point and obviously I would like to be able to upgrade the GPU in the next year or so. But I am seriously thinking about getting this system if it will be upgradeable for the next few years. Any info anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

The X299 won't support the 9700/9900K processors. You will need a Z370/390 motherboard.

I'm looking at the Area 51 for the exact same reason you are. It will provide you with the capability for future upgrades for a long time to come with little to no mods/hacking. Only reason I'm looking elsewhere (XoticPC for example) is that I would like a smaller tower that has transparent panels for feeding my ego.

 

So will this particular model be a dead end or aren't there new "x" model chips coming out that it will support?

 

You can always upgrade the motherboard for the new chipsets. That is the beauty of these desktops. From the following link (and others like it), the Skylake refresh

https://www.techradar.com/news/intel-skylake-x

“Intel’s latest roadmap shows a Basin Falls Refresh launching at the end of 2018, which will feature even better HEDT chips, including that 28-core A-series behemoth we saw at Computex 2018. ”

There is always the possibility that these refreshed chips will be compatible with the x299. Or not:

https://www.techpowerup.com/246774/intel-x599-chipset-to-drive-28-core-hedt-platform