At least the productivity performance is good enough, when it works, but yeah, in games it's close to a disaster.
As for the socket longevity, LGA 1700 has lasted three gens. It may have been a coincidence or a sign that things may be changing.
What is clear is that both CPU releases hasn't been great. We'll see how the X3D ones fare.
The positive note, to say something, is that both Arrow Lake and Zen5 represent am architectural change, a new beginning of sorts for both companies, so things should only improve from here on.
Please excuse my bad English.
Former gaming PC: i5-4670k@stock (for now), 16Gb RAM 1600 MHz and a GTX 1070
Current gaming PC: R5-7600, 32GB RAM 6000MT/s (CL30) and a RX 9060XT 16GB
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