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While I agree with your post, to me the second point about investing in a platform with a clear upgrade path isn't really working out for me. when I buy a CPU, I usually buy a motherboard with it. The same goes when I resell them as well. When I was with AMD before, I did not keep my X470 when I got my 5600x ( back then it was a big deal lol ) I changed to an X570 board as well just because I wanted higher ram support/PCIe 4 and so on.For desktop gamers, the parity is such that there's really no reason for you to. At this point:
AMD
- You want lower power draw and desire performance advantages in certain applications.
- You want to invest in a platform that will provide clear upgrade paths.
Intel
- You can deal with the higher power draw and desire performance advantages in certain applications.
- Cost/bang for buck is a factor.
- Perhaps less bugs to work out, due to Intel's platform dominance for years and years.
- I say perhaps, because it's not like they're immune from this stuff, but since AMD had the USB micro-stutter stuff the last go around, I'm feeling punitive.
there is always something that makes you want to change the board. otherwise, they wouldn't sell shit of the new boards. so to me at least, Intel and AMD are about the same. obviously, it's different for every person. but I do not change my mobo every 2 years. I usually skip a generation. so lets say I have 13900k, my next upgrade is 16900k. where a performance jump is noticeable. jumping from 5800x 3d to 7950x 3d or whatever is an ok jump. but not worth it when you are gaming at 4k for example. but it will be worth it when you jump to next year's model.
Just my 2 cents. like I said to each his own. just like how I usually do not buy a TI card. I have a 4090, I do not jump to 4090ti, I go to 5090, and so on ( if it's worth the jump. if the 4090 had the same 4080 level performance I wouldn't even jump. but double the performance of a 3080? then yeah I am in )
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