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Does AMD have an answer to Intel's next-gen i5?

Read more about Intel's aggressive Raptor Lake i5-13600K.

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Does anyone else have the worrying feeling that AMD won't bother trying to compete with the 13600K because they now have the mind share?
No.
I will tell you why, too. AMD's mindshare is made from china. It will take one move from Intel to absolutely smash their party to pieces.
Think to yourself how many years AMD would need to smash Nvidia in the GPU war before they even got a fair slice of the pie. And then think just how quickly that would evaporate if Nvidia came back with something killer.
Its the same or worse with Intel. They had, quite probably, the biggest fanboy cult EVER. Stupid people got proven stupid time and time again, but then AMD came back with a product that was better. However, that fanboy mentality never EVER goes away. They just sit in wait until Intel are top of the roost again, then AMD will slide down the slippery slope faster than you can say hyperthreading.
Nvidia will always be the biggest name in GPUs no matter how crap they get or are, and the same goes for Intel with their CPUs.
If you're right then it's gonna be an epic time for consumers when it comes to processors. I could keep my DDR4 memory and splurge for a 13600K and see a HUGE performance uplift. Or see a HUGE uplift and get a (likely) cheaper 5800X3D and keep my DDR4. Or splurge for DDR5 and AM5 and get a better value 7600X and invest in a longstanding platform with a clear upgrade path. Choices are awesome!
If you're right then it's gonna be an epic time for consumers when it comes to processors. I could keep my DDR4 memory and splurge for a 13600K and see a HUGE performance uplift. Or see a HUGE uplift and get a (likely) cheaper 5800X3D and keep my DDR4. Or splurge for DDR5 and AM5 and get a better value 7600X and invest in a longstanding platform with a clear upgrade path. Choices are awesome!
My personal thoughts, not intrested in AMD or Intel until late generations at this stage even when it comes to GPU's my current setup is fine for years so they can wait.
Until there are actually games and such that requier new hardware what is the point for me, hell a 970 is still useable so i feel anyone on current gen is fine your get by don't waste money each upgrade.
Sure enthusiasts mindset is new tech buy it and while I am enthusiastic on tech i don't upgrade often enough to shell out for a few fps it's just not worth the cost, maybe more so once a next gen of consoles arrives and lets face it by then it's not cheap at all.
So while they will be worthy upgrades i'd rather wait for the real deal value to come around on bigger more worthy upgrades i'll notice than 20fps extra.