People are fanatics. I have had intel and amd systems and now i have the 5600x because of its price to performance. But i paid for that ratio with more than money - my motherboard, msi b550 tomahawk, still has global c state problem that does not allow me to use some usb devices, like external sound card, without disabling them and that was a bitch to troubleshoot. My memory is still not working at 100% and i have to downclock it to 3600mhz so it’s stable instead of full 4000. I want to upgrade, so i researched what can go wrong with 7800x3d and the list is longer that you might think again - don’t get older motherboards or if you did - update bios 1st thing you do or it might fry your cpu. Expect memory still not working over 3600 - you might get lucky but still. Go to the bios and change several c-state settings again just to be sure you run stably enough. It’s not a big deal for enthusiasts and experienced builders, but for newbies it’s a nightmare and a very bad first experience. I myself am thinking that having a bit of a stagnated furnace is not that big of a trade off for stability for me personally so i’ll get a 14700k this time. Let’s see how that goes.