You're wrong here. This is top-of-the line enthusiast CPU. They always have costed around 1k$, see e. g. Intel Core i9 Xtreme lineup (the chips with 'X' designa

You're wrong here. This is top-of-the line enthusiast CPU. They always have costed around 1k$, see e. g. Intel Core i9 Xtreme lineup (the chips with 'X' designation here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i9_processors https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_Core_i9_processo...). You can have absolutely fine 8c16t CPU which will handle anything you can possibly throw at it for 230$ from Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5800X-16-Thread-Processor/dp/B0815XFSGK https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-5800X-16-Thread-Processor/d...).