[SOLVED] Ryzen Threadripper 2950X buyer's remorse?

[rcald2000]

This is more of a rhetorical question, but do you think the buyers for the 2950X now have buyer's remorse with the coming release of the Ryzen 9 3950X? The 2950X currently sells for $680 on Amazon, whereas the 3950X's anticipated MSRP is $750; only an $80 premium.

 

[Obakasama]

I would say it's dependent on when they bought it.

 

[rcald2000]

Obakasama Good point. I have a personal reason for posting my question. With the coming release of 3rd gen Threadripper, I could see myself buying the 24 or 32 core variant, only to have it antiquated by Zen 3 in approximately eight months. It's a fascinating "problem", if one can call it that.

 

[Obakasama]

I think there's always an element of that possibility as there's always something better on the horizon. Certainly been enough threads asking whether to wait for the next gen CPU/GPU.

What makes the Zen 2 CPUs like Threadripper and Ryzen 3000 series more exciting is the actual architectural changes. And we can certainly see the benefits of going from Zen + to Zen 2 from the benchmarks. Whereas Intel's consumer CPUs haven't really seen much innovation since Sandy Bridge. This will change when Intel finally have a new architecture like AMD has in recent years. Not sure how far the scheduling issues have been resolved with Threadripper, with respect to Windows anyway, but definitely a force to be reckoned with.

Then there are the cases where you have no choice to upgrade because of failing parts but can't wait until the next new release.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

If they need extra mem channels and pcie lanes, they wont care

 

[mdd1963]

Certainly can't be as bad as the remorse recent 9980X buyers will feel (having spent $1799 or so) when the 10th gen replacement with quite similar specs slides in at $899 or so... (Quite similar to the 6950X buyers at $1700 probably frowning over the faster 7900X being only $999)

 

[rcald2000]

mdd1963 Want to know the real mind bender? The Intel 10C / 20T Core i7-6950X sold in 2016 for $1,723. Next month AMD will release the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3980X/WX 48C / 96T for approximately $1,800. "Tech" from Tech Deals (YouTube channel) made that point in yesterday's stream, and it's a fascinating one.

Tech Deals: GTX 1650 Super — Chrome adds AdBlocker — Intel 10nm 38 Cores — RX 5700 Sales Boost — RTS 10-31-2019

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIKI0CKH4Co