I have a 3950x in my desktop and I feel exactly the same way. I have the upgrade itch but I can't justify it in cost/benefit terms. I don't even use that syste

I have a 3950x in my desktop and I feel exactly the same way. I have the upgrade itch but I can't justify it in cost/benefit terms. I don't even use that system much because my M1 Pro macbook can do almost all the same things. "software gets slower to counteract hardware getting faster" is mostly true, but what's more true is that "software gets slower to counteract the developer's hardware getting faster". Devs (or their employers) aren't feeling too compelled to upgrade, and so they don't, and so software is staying fast(ish). Apple's annoying RAM-upgrade pricing is likely helping here, too. (By the way, I've diverted my hardware-upgrade itch into photography gear)