> blowing this out of proportion The best way/time to express disappointment is to do it right away and in full force. If AMD were on IMDB, they would get 1/1

> blowing this out of proportion The best way/time to express disappointment is to do it right away and in full force. If AMD were on IMDB, they would get 1/10 for handling this. I have all rights to behave emotionally instead of rationally anyway. Used TRs sell for peanuts, the same for mobos (no demand for used stuff; look at what actually sells instead of what is listed for months), it would be going from $1.5k to $400, writing off like $1.1k in the process. And there will be plenty on eBay soon, putting even higher downward pressure (both AM4 3900x and 3950x now beat all TR1/2s up to 16 core, sometimes even 24c). The missing low-core parts is another thing that wasn't well thought out in all this, I agree. As for Intel, they were always upfront about the need to change mobos with almost every new generation (the last few were exceptions); I also never had so many issues with any Intel pro board that I had with ASUS Zenith Extreme, their "flagship" TR mobo that can't even run 2x Titan RTX properly...