I snagged the GPU for $700 (or MSRP) on launch. That is the hardest part to obtain right now. 5950X goes on sale - it's at best buy for $599 right now. That l

I snagged the GPU for $700 (or MSRP) on launch. That is the hardest part to obtain right now. 5950X goes on sale - it's at best buy for $599 right now. That left about $1000 for the rest of the build (Motherboard, RAM, SSD & Case) based on my budget of $2200 which honestly is more than you need. The 3080 beats the Ultra in perf for games/ml. The 5950x is not 90% slower, but it is slower. Like I said, it's not going to be equal to the $4000 M1 Ultra. But it's in the ballpark (and does beat it in certain use cases such as games/ml). The thing is these are 2 year old parts at this point. If we see 4x series from nvidia and/or Zen 4 this year all this could change dramatically.