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The people who think PCs are already fast enough don't buy CPUs every year.

A 7950X in Eco mode is ridiculously capable for the power it pulls but that's less of a selling point.

I think there's a market for a 7950E with a specific binning for lower power rather than highest possible clocks.

Compared to Intel, AMD seems to bin their chips a lot less. Intel have their -T chips which would be nifty if Intel weren't so far behind in terms in terms of efficiency.

I have a 7950X which I run in Eco mode with air cooling and it's amazingly quiet when not under load and rips when it needs to, I don't see a reason to upgrade any time soon.

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