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you mention playing games - even considering sli, yes its a great work station but I'm not sure it will be good at playing at all. the threadripper for example struggles on everything bar ashes of the singularity. i disagree with sil on amd - yes it has been true for some time but ryzen and threadripper are game changers for productivity purposes - they are well and truly competitive again (but everything else i agree with).
but how much cpu power do you really need for image processing? an old i7 is quick enough, its not like you are 4k video editing...
if it were me getting a new pc with a balance of gaming and work station i'd go with the 8700k, ssds and fast ddr4 memory, the gpu would depend on your monitor resolution and its refresh rate.
cheers
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