I enjoy Soapbox Steve so much!
In good news, we got a summary of his 9950x3d2 review, which was basically that it’s a ripoff at $900. Unironically, if you’re somehow in the market for a CPU like that, consider either the 9950x3d for productivity and core count, or the 9800x3d for gaming. The 9950x3d2 brings nothing to the table for anyone outside of maybe some niche applications which need both core count and cache size and can afford the latency for data transfers between CCDs.
Or, I guess, don’t buy anything because all the companies suck and everything is unbelievably expensive. Who needs a computer anyway?
I’ve been buying PC parts for my gaming hobby for the last 30 years now. I will not buy any part that is supplied by any of the big companies or the RAM cartel if it’s not an emergency replacement and i cannot source it on the second hand market, until they all get back to servicing the normal people at normal people prices. This insanity has to end at some point, and if not, they will never make a cent from me again.
