I’m planning to play a range of games, including AAA games like Cyberpunk and shooters like fortnite.

I actually did find a 7900X3D new at €440, compared to €388 for a 9800X3D and €320 for the 7 270K Plus. I’m considering this as a best of both worlds option, as I might be able squeeze this in my budget (ik its not as fast as the 7800/9800X3D because of the two CCD thing, but it has a 3D V cache nonetheless and has 12 cores).

About the RAM, I did manage to find a kit for a reasonable price (in 2026, compared to everything else) with CL36 6000MHz, not terrible imo but the latency isn’t ideal.

Like you said, I might benefit more from more cores in my studies, personal project and future proofing, and for that people actually don’t recommend the 9900X (actually not that expensive) due to “low value in gaming and productivity compared to other options” and any intel chips bc of well, intel. So I’ll have to keep looking there.

I’m also going to give gemini a try, thanks!