> Doesn't matter the horsepower the speed limit is the same until we can make software better. For developers code compilations benefit from more cores. For ho

> Doesn't matter the horsepower the speed limit is the same until we can make software better. For developers code compilations benefit from more cores. For hobby 3d artists their renderings benefit from more cores. For hobby video creators their editing & rendering benefits from more cores. For hobby IT usages the extra PCI-E lanes and ECC RAM gets you the capability of doing server-like virtualization without spending server money. Threadripper is an HEDT platform, same as Skylake-X. This is not targeting mass market usage, so complaining about mass-market viability is rather irrelevant.