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Old 11-04-2021, 04:20 PM   #3251
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Originally Posted by spcmafia View Post
Is obviously a good chip, for the price, and performance. But I don't think anyone should be rushing to get one of the higher end for the obvious reasons;
1. It will get scalped.
2. After (1) it will get sold for 200% MSRP.

3. You have to get new MOBO which come from $200 and up.

4. New RAM (DDR5)

5. New cooling

5. If you really want to notice a difference, you'll need to get something between a 3080 and 3090 GPU, good luck with that.



Intel has taken the gaming crown back indeed, but for now, it will be out of reach for a majority of the PC community. Which can still enjoy great performance with AMD processors and current hardware.
In regards to 4, MSI is releasing a few boards that still accep DDR4 so that could help mitigate the upgrade. Though, you could argue it's pointless to upgrade 2 components and not the 3rd.
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