Is the chip shortage now a meme in the community?

[Arrhin]

Right now, I'm hunting for Core i9-12900K. Could not find it on sale. DDR5 prices are high (and it uses crappy chips) due to shortage. I think Intel is feeling the heat as well.

Don't bother with DDR5, not worth the cost at this time and likely for the near future. Some games and software show a performance regression over DDR4. Most are only equal, some have a teensie bit better performance. Frequencies are higher, latency is looonger. Bandwidth is about the same as DDR4. Also that i9 is a power hungry beast that's not the best pick for gaming (but still seriously awesome), assuming that's all you are doing with it. AFIAK the i7 performs much the same in most tasks, is cheaper, and a LOT cooler.

[TristanX]

Don't bother with DDR5, not worth the cost at this time and likely for the near future. Some games and software show a performance regression over DDR4. Most are only equal, some have a teensie bit better performance. Frequencies are higher, latency is looonger. Bandwidth is about the same as DDR4. Also that i9 is a power hungry beast that's not the best pick for gaming (but still seriously awesome), assuming that's all you are doing with it. AFIAK the i7 performs much the same in most tasks, is cheaper, and a LOT cooler.

I know. I'm planning to get Core i9-12900K and Asus ROG Strix Z690-A D4. I have Samsung B-die. I can overclock it to 4000mhz and above. I've considered getting i7-12700K. Decided with i9 because of the work and my cooler can handle it. My PC will be a space heater though.

Patiently waiting for the CPU. Can't do much about the shortage.