Quote from: JohnIL on April 11, 2021, 11:32:42
Top tier isn't that much better anymore. You benefits just don't add up vs the added cost hit. No doubt this is not the best time to be building that optimal gaming rig you've wanted. I think we have reached another plateau in CPU performance even with tacking on all those extra cores. Save your money for the graphics because that's gonna really hurt.
If you just want to play games and you're not even interested in overclocking, even something as low as 11400 will do just fine. That's under $200. I would say put the difference towards GPU... if only they were available.
Something like 5950X is really more for professionals who can use those cores. No game can. At best, you might benefit from better bin.