I also got an email update stating 12/21 for a 5950x order placed 1:11am CST. I plan on keeping it and using a 3400 in the meantime to setup my system. Who knows when I will get a 6950XT to go with it.
Anyone have an idea when Best Buy sales go live? There are links here to the SKUs as they don’t seem to show up in a general search on BB.
https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-9-5950x-ryzen-9-5900x-ryzen-7-5800x-ryzen-5-5600x-zen-3-ryzen-5000-desktop-cpus-available-today-heres-where-to-buy-them/
I bought a Ryzen 3400 from Amazon a couple weeks ago for this new build as a temp processor. I was hoping to return it unused, but I might just have to go ahead and install that longer term if AMD stocks are not plentiful. Your build is ahead of mine as I was planning on using an older 970 that...
My preorder went through on BH for a 5950X at 1:11AM CST. Thought I got in early lol. Now showing back ordered when I check order status. Was showing a preorder tab and not a back ordered tab. Pretty disappointing as I probably would have just ordered a combo on Newegg while they were available...