It is a bit of an awkward situation really - the 7950X3D makes up for a lot of the areas the 7800X3D falls down outside of gaming, but it is significantly more expensive than the 14700K which has much better balanced performance than the 7800X3D. Though I have zero regrets buying the 14700K the mediocre PCI-e 5.0 support and limited upgrade path is a downside - albeit there are rumours Intel will be releasing another round of LGA1700 CPUs as well as 1800.
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Worth upgrading from 8700k
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It is a bit of an awkward situation really - the 7950X3D makes up for a lot of the areas the 7800X3D falls down outside of gaming, but it is significantly more expensive than the 14700K which has much better balanced performance than the 7800X3D. Though I have zero regrets buying the 14700K the mediocre PCI-e 5.0 support and limited upgrade path is a downside - albeit there are rumours Intel will be releasing another round of LGA1700 CPUs as well as 1800.
I never really cared about if there a cpu upgrade past or not as I always needed a new motherboard by the time I upgrade due other missing features that a new motherboard normally brings
I'm kind of the same. I tend to try and get eek out my hardware as long as possible. But I just got a new 34" ultra wide 1440p and a 4080, feel like I've been missing out for my tightness for a long time. ill probably not leave it as long next time, and there is always a fair market for a few years old mobo/CPU combos.
There has rarely been any consistency in the past anyhow, sometimes a company drops long term plans/promises, sometimes a new CPU comes out which renders everything before it obsolete and sometimes a platform gets an update it originally didn't look like it was getting, etc. likewise I tend to buy what works for me now and worry about upgrading later when the time comes, often just replacing the whole thing anyway.