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Re:AMD CPU sales skyrocket with Ryzen 5000 launch, leaving I... by scionthefly on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:40PM (#25291776)
Yeah, I've been trying to buy components for a build for the past two weeks.

No 5600x (or even 3600). No nvidia cards at decent prices.

I'm guessing the etherium 2 launch just drained the whole supply chain.

Re:AMD CPU sales skyrocket with Ryzen 5000 launch, leaving I... by kfichter on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:47PM (#25291899)
Eth2 is a Proof-of-Stake system and doesn't rely on the computationally heavy Proof-of-Work, so it's unlikely that Eth2 is a major contributor to a lack of supply.
Re:AMD CPU sales skyrocket with Ryzen 5000 launch, leaving I... by xbmcuser on Thursday December 03, 2020 @01:09PM (#25292251)
Ah no computer sales were already at black friday/holiday season levels for the last 4-5 months. Chip supply already couldn't meet the demand and then you got some big generational advances in gpus Amd/nvidia and cpus Amd add new generation consoles so the demand went through the roof. The annual production capacity is for 1000 but the demand now 1500-2000 so the shortages are here to stay for at least another 6 months to a year.
Re:AMD CPU sales skyrocket with Ryzen 5000 launch, leaving I... by justinplouffe on Thursday December 03, 2020 @12:56PM (#25292044)
I’ve managed to get my hands on a 5800x but I think it’s simply because it’s by far the worst value proposition in the new lineup and demand is probably not as high.