What are you hoping to pick up in the winter sales?

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allergic to AMD? or do you do a lot of production? 300+watts of heat in your room just from CPU is a lot

The 14900K still happens to be cheaper and be better on gaming than the 7590X3D. I dont have to worry about 300 watts consumption since i dont do heavy workloads on PC other than gaming.
 

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The 14900K still happens to be cheaper and be better on gaming than the 7590X3D. I dont have to worry about 300 watts consumption since i dont do heavy workloads on PC other than gaming.
7800X3D is better than both, cheaper, and has an upgrade path on the motherboard socket
 
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7800X3D is better than both, cheaper, and has an upgrade path on the motherboard socket
Two of I know got terrible experience with AMD.

So something AMD is not the best choice, for some reasons?

Idk, my experience with AMD has been nice since Zen+
 

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not on CPUs, and certainly not since zen2 gen. on zen 1 and zen+ the motherboards had qc issues and some other compatibility problems
I think partly because AMD assemabled in China and US.

Intel is assemabled in Costa Rica

Asian countries should received the Chinese batch so it got worse?
 
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I think partly because AMD assemabled in China and US.

Intel is assemabled in Costa Rica

Asian countries should received the Chinese batch so it got worse?
no lol, so many electronics get assembled in China, this has no bearing on qc. Simply put AMD used to be poor as fuck and couldn't afford decent QC. Only in the last 3-4 years has it been able to raise its standards.
 

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I am looking for discounted PS plus subscriptions on sites like PlayAsia and CD Keys, but they have been out of stock for a long time now (besides, for some reason CD Keys does not accept my payments), so I would like that discounted (the essential tier would do). While I am not a die hard fan of online games a few rounds in Chivalry 2 or Battlefield 2042, some Deep Rock Galactic and the occasional run in Ghost of Tsushima Legends do me good.
 

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Two of I know got terrible experience with AMD.

So something AMD is not the best choice, for some reasons?

Idk, my experience with AMD has been nice since Zen+

Damn, i understand not liking a brand because of bad experiences.

I had a ton of issues with Razer in the past.

7800X3D is better than both, cheaper, and has an upgrade path on the motherboard socket

I might consider it.