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Agreed. To a point. Linus is a bit of a whiner but that's his role. He's not the only one whining. Intel has been pulling these stunts for some time, that is true, and AMD is notorious for hype. I still can't run NVME on my ASUS X99-E WS USB 3.1 mobo in its current state even though I have two open SATA port on the board and an open NVME socket. Maybe an Intel card might work??? :::shrugs::: At any rate at the end of the day I have to ask myself if I really need it and the answer is I can get by without it just fine. Exactly how many of my 40 lanes I'm currently using I can't say offhand but I do have to say that once I put in my brand new EVGA GTX 1070 FTW card the system has been running flawlessly. Again, AMD's VEGA HYPE hardly justifies the cost when I get the same or better results at 40% of the price with NVIDIA. Is AMD really cheaper? I'm starting to have my doubts when it comes to the "bang for the buck" department. Frankly, I'm happy I got my build in when I did and I don't plan on building myself another unit for another nine years.
Indubitably, YouTubers are getting milked while they sip that Skoolaid. Linus is a Canadian, like me, so, to be fair, I'll include a link to what a genuine Statist has to say about the issue. Silly Intel... Silly AMD... Silly consumers. One can only hope that 2020 will give us all eyes to see. Is it time to switch to AMD? Has Intel lost its mind? - YouTube