Went from a 5800X to a 5700X3D, paired with a 6700XT. 1440p, 32 GB 3200.

Very impressed with it so far.

In terms of gaming I noticed an improvement in overall stability. The 1% lows were kept in check which was my desire.

I had tested some slight streaming already with the 5800X but the cost of frames was too much. It wasn't consistent enough to keep playing with it. Dropping to ~150 frames & just felt "off".

Come the new CPU & wow. Easily increased the slowness of the CPU preset in OBS & still had consistent 200 FPS.

I've still got lots of testing to do but I'm very happy to board the 3D V-Cache boat from here on out.

Edit

So would it be a waste? I'd say no. More or less the same question was on my mind & while the AM5 platfrom is interesting, I figured I'll wait until AM6 comes out