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One of the primary reasons for x16/x8 and similar configurations have been multi-GPU setups. You will notice that the transition to only a primary x16 slot and little else happened around the same time multi-GPU setups went by the wayside. Gamers aren't demanding multiple x16 slots anymore and...

Agreed, the 7800X3D and 7700X Microcenter deals are the way to go for a pure gaming build if you can get to one. I would argue the 7700X is better ($100 cheaper) unless you're playing a lot of sim and RTS games. High resolution FPS and RPGs aren't going to benefit much from the vcache. For...

I'm basically limited to the ASRock B650-E PG Riptide or MSI B650-P on the budget side due to my need of an electrical X4 slot. Slim pickings at Microcenter for those.

Yeah, I priced it out and with my motherboard of choice the 7800X3D bundle was about $50 less expensive than this 7900X3D with the same board from Newegg (Microcenter board price was about $60 more expensive, eating a lot of the savings). I'll just go forward with the 7900X3D and Newegg motherboard.

Frys was great before they changed their sales model. Loved the different themes the stores had. I remember getting in line early for doorbuster sales, snagged some really cheap DDR3 RAM. Being able to see the motherboards displayed in person was nice too.

I'll have to wait until end of year for the Santa Clara center to open or make an 8 hour drive each way. Good to know on being able to choose the motherboard though, I need one with an electrical PCI-E X4 slot and very few B650 boards have that.

To me they lost all credibility when they pushed Synapse 2.0 account requirements. It was frustrating getting Windows to not automatically update Synapse to 2.0 (this was pushed through Windows driver updates). At least Logitech and Steelseries don't constantly nag you to login by default.

You actually thought they were a reputable company? :ROFLMAO:

The current price is great and its new MSRP of $400 is decent. It's for the budget workstation that wants to game- it's not that much more than a 7900X at MSRP. This is a better value for me than the 7800X3D as I don't play games that can use 6 X3D cores yet need all the single core performance...

At this price I'm willing to test the waters with the inconvenience. Given that the most CPU intensive games I play are indie sim games like Oxygen Not Included, I don't see myself saturating 4 v-cache cores, let alone 6 or 8. If I find the performance unsatisfactory I could probably trade/sell...

Return shipping shouldn't be too expensive and the $350 7800X3D doesn't look like it's coming back anytime soon.

$330 now! Edit: I bit. Buy now, think about it later, even though I was aiming for a 7800X3D.

10 year PSU warranties have been around since at least 2011, so they're nothing new. It's practically standard for high quality PSUs.

That's pretty awesome. The Monsta radiators are stupidly thick. So thick that despite the low fin density, they don't scale well with fan speed until you hit 1800+ RPM as I recall. That said, they do kick butt at low fan speeds, provided you can fit them in. Would have to get a new case for...

As much as I would hate subscribing to another service, at least this one is free. I can totally see them using it to try to spring paid membership on people later. Great price, unfortunately physically too big for my needs.