A 7800X3D is obviously gonna be an amazing CPU and could possibly be cooler and quieter to run than a 7700X while performing better in games. But it'll be very expensive. How many people will truly see the benefit of that when most of us are maximising graphics/resolution over 165+ FPS? Most gamers are happy somewhere between 60-144 FPS, and a 12600K will give you that for way less money. If I had a budget for a 7800X3D, DDR5, and a X670 motherboard, I'd also have the budget for a 3080-class graphics card. In which case I'd get more performance by buying a cheaper CPU/platform and putting that extra money to a 3080Ti-class graphics card. That's why I think the idea of waiting for this X3D model doesn't make a lot of sense. If AMD released a 7600X3D for $350 and B650 motherboards and affordable DDR5 were available by then, that would be different.