I'm just going to throw in here and say that I'm glad to see this conversation between GN and LTT. I know its hard, and painful, and dramatic, but I've not respected LTT for the mistakes they've promulgated through ignorance in multiple videos...
Devil's advocate: a newspaper slandering or defaming someone on Page 1, then printing a "sorry just kidding, the writer has been let go" on Page 73 a few days later.. doesn't erase the damage or absolve them.
My 2c: this dust-up isn't fake or...
I'm not one for brand loyalty, but I'd never buy anything apple even if it was the only game in town.
The question is not even are they screwing the customer, but how badly, and in how many ways.
Acer Predator GM7000 4TB NVMe Gaming SSD - M.2 2280 PCIe Gen4 (16 Gb/s) x 4, 3D TLC NAND PC Internal Solid State Hard Drive with DDR4 DRAM Cache Up to 7400 MB/s
4TB = $200
All of these SSD deals are tempting but I feel like they'll be even...
Realistically:
3060ti goes for $250 or a tad less even on eBay. The 4060ti starts at $399.
Is that the kind of difference you are looking to make up with cash if someone goes and gets or has a new 4060ti to swap?
With EVGA likely going bye...
I grew up in a C64 and NES town as a kid in the 80's.
Never knew anyone who had anything Sega.
Literally all of my friends had either Commodore 64's or 8 bit Nintendos.
I still have this nice little collection:
fyi you can run the 7950x in 65W Eco Mode and 105W Eco mode and get all the advantages and temps plus higher clocks than the 7950x3d , you just lose the cache but for games that are AAA with a 4080 or 4090 you wouldn't see a difference. good luck
All the 6 core parts from both companies are defects. For that matter most 8 core parts are also cast offs unless your buying the golden perfect silicon holo sku.