The quality of the posts is not just poor, nine times out of ten it's straight up misleading. Let's analyze this thread today, but really it applies to any thread you click on.

https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/1sy2he1/does_the_cpu_really_matter/

One common theme is an obsession with "bottlenecking". Apparently any sort of bottleneck is unacceptable. The solution is simple: buy the latest and most expensive hardware. And that's the end of the advice of your typical Redditor.

The idea that maybe you should look at the bigger picture, instead of just the few frames you "lose" in edge case titles, and that you should maybe pace your upgrades until you're seeing a 50% uplift at least? Unheard of in the world of Reddit. Common sense elsewhere though.

Here are some brilliancies from the thread:

I experienced an insane cpu bottleneck. I kept old hardware for a long time. I just replaced my i7 6700k with a 9800 x3d. I kept my 2070. My fps in arc raiders went up significantly.…