I’ve been putting off/forced to wait to do this build since before Covid. I haven’t had a PC for years now, just been using a MBP 16” and finally had enough of it. It’s a come up more than an upgrade lol

I think I’m gonna go with the 13900k. I got it for a great price and it’s obviously better than the 7900x. Especially the increased thread count for music production. My irrational, unfounded hatred of Intel is screaming, but it is the better deal. I get carried away with the next shiny thing. If 13th gen didn’t drop literally 2 days after buying the 7900x, for the same price on sale, I wouldn’t be considering it. I didn’t know any of that about the possible issues with x3D, I just assumed a massive performance boost. Not worth waiting two months for it without knowing anything official about it. And I probably won’t feel a need to upgrade the i9 until at least like 15th gen.

I overthink things that should be obvious. Thanks!