Anecdotally: I game, compile, transcode, and do any other number of CPU-intensive tasks on my machine. My household is definitely "geeky". I still run an i7 26

Anecdotally: I game, compile, transcode, and do any other number of CPU-intensive tasks on my machine. My household is definitely "geeky". I still run an i7 2600k, which is a Sandy Bridge CPU introduced 7 years ago. I don't (didn't? may not?) have any pressing reason to upgrade, although I was considering it. Funnily enough, even before now I was considering the AMD Zen architecture, and although I'm still undecided I'm being pushed further and further towards AMD through ethical considerations alone.