Intel's BIOS updates for crashing CPUs are now rolling out

AMD has usually been pretty good longevity wise. Just look at the number of CPU sockets Intel has switched through vs them.

Makes it possible to upgrade in a few years without total replacement.

Zen 5 is looking really good, you can either get Zen 4 performance for 65/90W or get 20% faster performance for the same power as Zen 4 with PBO.

I'm probably switching to Amd too in a month. I haven't upgraded since 2016 either. I was planning to go from 6700k to 14700k. Now I'm considering a 9950X if the pricing and performance are good. Think they're due in a couple of weeks. I'll be staying with nvidia though. Just hope pairing NVIDIA with Amd cpus won't cause issues.