I'm curious if anyone here is actually planning to get a 5800X3D? I'm unsure who would be the most suitable target for this kind of chip. Yes, I realise its targeted at high end gamers, but high end gamers generally already own a Zen 3 or ADL CPU and I don't think the 5800X3D is *that* much faster to make the switch worthwhile, especially for those running ADL systems. For AMD, those already running 5900X/5950Xs may be reluctant to give up cores for higher gaming IPC. Is anyone here actually planning to move from a 5900X/5950X to a 5800X3D?
Of course, we also have the older gen AM4 gamers, those not currently running Zen 3. Generally speaking, until Zen 3 arrived, AM4 was the budget gamers choice, with chips like the 1600/2600/3600 providing great value at the $150-$200 pricepoints, despite not directly outperforming the Intel CPUs from its era in gaming. I'm not sure how many of those budget conscious gamers will now be willing to spend $450, basically 2-3 times the outlay of their original Zen 1/2 CPUs, when a $200 Ryzen 5600 gets within ~15% of the gaming performance of a 5800X3D and realistically, at higher res or with more mainstream GPUs, the gap closes further.