Futureproofing: Get a 10900k or wait for PCI-E 4.0/5.0 compatible CPU/Motherboard with xGMI/Infinity fabric support/nvlink for multiple GPU SLI ?

The facts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0DKVVtirNM8

The "not facts" but my personal opinion:

Disregard futureproofing unless you are on a tight budget and need to buy a GT730 until an RTX 3070 becomes available, (Intel really doesn't care for any future proofing attempts anyway). Get what is appropriate now, and take some speculation out of your reasoning. It is a lot safer that way.

Don't buy into transitional technology, Optane is a good example of early adoption gone wrong, waiting allows the market to reflect it's intentions for a new technology, and if you wait, you can buy into that technology at a fair market price instead of the early adopters fee for technology that may underdeliver compared to your assumptions or expectations about it.

Look at your budget today, and buy what is appropriate today, otherwise you will be chasing your tail for the latest and greatest, forever. And that is an expensive addiction to start.

(Note: Building a PC right now will be an expensive and arduous exercise, and opting for an intel chip right now, would be a bad choice even in a strong market, CPU architectures will not impact VR the way you think it may)

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