TheAmorphous t1_j8dporb wrote on February 13, 2023 at 3:35 PM

Reply to comment by jesbiil in Motherboard Shipments Plummet by Ten Million Units in 2022 by Avieshek

I'm older. Back in the 90s building PCs was expensive. It's almost like we're going back to that.

FUTURE10S t1_j8e1c2p wrote on February 13, 2023 at 4:53 PM

At least unlike the 90s, our PC hardware doesn't become irrelevant in 2 years. I'm only now starting to see problems using a Ryzen 3600, but I knew it was going to happen sooner or later, and it's only in specific scenarios. Waiting for the 7950X3D's benchmark before I upgrade and stick with a platform for a few years, but if the 14th gen Intel chips are the power efficiency powerhouse rumours say, I might just skip AMD altogether.

SoWereDoingThis t1_j8e3s6f wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:12 PM

Why not the ryzen 5800x3d for a lot less initial investment by staying with AM4?

FUTURE10S t1_j8fdjyl wrote on February 13, 2023 at 10:11 PM

8 physical cores isn't enough, I need at least 12.

Stone-Baked t1_j8fqdqj wrote on February 13, 2023 at 11:41 PM

Exactly what I did . Went from a 3600x to 5800x3d and it’s amazing!

TheAmorphous t1_j8e42ma wrote on February 13, 2023 at 5:14 PM

I'm on an old Broadwell machine and was thinking the same. Then MicroCenter kept emailing me about that $600 7900x bundle and wore me down. Can't beat that price really.