Maybe Sandybridge E isn't cutting it anymore

DDR4 memory speed and capacity isn’t an issue for 16c 32t systems. System responsiveness under heavy load is pretty good on both. The difference between both systems certainly shouldn’t be a consideration. The reason to take AM5 over 4 is future releases. At some point PCIE-5 will become relevant and CPU core counts will increase.

C/RDNA acceleration is generally excellent and people should be looking at leveraging that performance. If GPU acceleration is a serious consideration then you probably shouldn’t be looking at these kinds of platforms to start with.
 
So my final list ended up as this. Way over budget as I was buying a couple of bits a month so I wasn't watching costs as much as I would upgrade a part and just add the extra cost from that months money.

Ryzen 9 9950X
Asus STRIX X870-I
Ncase M2
64 GB Trident Z5 Neo C30
4TB Crucial T700 Gen 5 NVMe (OCUK had a great deal at the time so I went for it)
8TB WD SN850X Gen 4 NVMe
Asus ProArt 4070 ti super
Lian Li Galahad II 280mm LCD AIO

start the build next week....
It will be one heck of an upgrade for me :D
 
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