Processors

[colesdav]

I was able to find 10  Ryzen 9 5950x CPUs available yesterday from one vendor in Europe. 
They were priced at  ~ 33% above original MSRP.
Come on AMD, lack of new Ryzen 5000 series processors is killing small PC builders.

I will not even mention lack of any GPUs.  

 

[Coachz]

AMD will probably release new models before ever stocking stores with lots of 5900x or 5950x.  Biggest paper release company ever.  Just wait they said, you'll get them by mid February.  Nope!  A real company would have taken deposits, put you in line and given delivery dates instead of supplying scalpers.

[colesdav]

Maybe best for many people to skip Ryzen 5000 series and wait for DDR5 support on next gen CPUs now. 
https://www.wepc.com/reviews/ddr5-latest/

That does not help small PC builders though.