On my Ryzen/X570 based system I have 6 devices connected via USB: Keyboard, camera, sound system, mouse, headset, and more. AMD recently and finally addressed and fixed a major USB problem in the X570 chipset. But the issue existed well prior to AMD even acknowledging it. I spend some very frustrating hours, days, weeks, and months trying to fix it on my own including RMA's on my rig's new RAM, PSU, memory and CPU. I even spoke on the phone with AMD tech support but all they did was just give me some vague generic suggestions: lower my RAM's clock speed, etc. Eventually AMD acknowledged the USB issue and later fixed it via MB firmware updates. Afterwards things became mostly normal but even today my Sound Blaster Katana isn't flawless. So when Alder Lake was launched and Microsoft announced their specific support for it with Windows 11, I decided to move back to INTEL. INTEL has longevity and maturity working together with Microsoft and Windows. Prior to the release of this article I had ordered an i7-12700KF because I suspected the same thing that this article has confirmed: The i7-12700K(F) is the power gamer's CPU. This new X-86 hybrid architecture seems amazing. I knew it was just a matter of time when INTEL, the sleeping giant, would respond. Sure, AMD might throw a larger cache on the next round of Ryzen's, but after I all went through I lost some trust with AMD. Regardless, we consumers win with healthy competition. I do not believe Alder Lake would be here today without AMD's Ryzen.