I’m gonna sit on my 7800x3d through Zen 6, I just moved to it last year and it should last quite a while. For context: I used Bulldozer CPUs the entire time they “sucked”, mostly because of fanboyism. I mostly game, though, so those worked for me.
Now, at least, they don’t suck and I can chill on AM5 for a bit. Zen 7 would be the earliest I start looking again
I have never once in my life upgraded the CPU in a computer. I tend to get 4-5 years of primary “It’s my main computer” use out of one, and then 4-5 years of “It’s my secondary machine I use for some specific thing” with more minor hardware upgrades. My old desktop (a Ryzen 3600 machine) is my HTPC right now.
I’m gonna sit on my 7800x3d through Zen 6, I just moved to it last year and it should last quite a while. For context: I used Bulldozer CPUs the entire time they “sucked”, mostly because of fanboyism. I mostly game, though, so those worked for me.
Now, at least, they don’t suck and I can chill on AM5 for a bit. Zen 7 would be the earliest I start looking again
I have never once in my life upgraded the CPU in a computer. I tend to get 4-5 years of primary “It’s my main computer” use out of one, and then 4-5 years of “It’s my secondary machine I use for some specific thing” with more minor hardware upgrades. My old desktop (a Ryzen 3600 machine) is my HTPC right now.