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Mummelmann said:

From the benchmarks I've seen, either the R9 7900X3D or the 7950X3D will be almost useless (depending on one's opinion). The difference in performance seems negligible, which leaves mostly pricing to consider. The CPU space is looking kind of like the GPU space right now.
And then there are the new 5.0 m.2 drives with their ridiculous coolers clamped on, I'm thinking gaming rigs will be too heavy to lift by next-gen! :P

Finding the best setup for my next rig is only becoming more difficult by the day.

I think the 7950X3D makes sense for those who want productivity + gaming instead of only productivity. 7900X3D doesn't make any sense because they are priced so close but only 6 out of the 12 cores have access to Vcache. For a product so expensive and only $100 off from 7950X3D, it just doesn't make any sense to buy it. 7800X3D will be the CPU to get if all you want is gaming performance but want the longevity of AM5. Otherwise as JEMC said, a 13600k is all anyone really needs for this generation for an all rounder CPU with the only problem being it's on a dead platform.