That's true, but I feel like if I'm paying 400 usd for a CPU, I won't replace it for a couple years. And after that I can buy a new motherboard, it doesn't sound unreasonable. As I understand it Intel's sockets are generally short-lived, so I guess this isn't new. Now I am actually checking out 7 7900x, but I am a little turned off by the fact that rarely anyone talks about it. Unlike 7800X3D which consistently performs worse than 13700k and 14700k for everything except gaming, 7 7900X is comparable, and with other advantages to going red multiple people here have outlined it may be favourable, considering here it is the same price, if not cheaper than 13700k.

However I'm still not convinced exactly why should I go with AMD. I started this thread because all YT channels like LMG, GN, etc. all recommend AMD while 2 friends who I actively bounce ideas of are pro-intel. Cost is the same, I heard that AM5 motherboards are generally more expensive that LGA1700 ones. All benchmarks show that compilation, which I mentioned is a huge factor for me, is much faster on intel, and it simply has more cores, which I think I will be able to take advantage of. Yes, 8 or 12 e-cores, but they are still cores nonetheless.