In fact, some observers reckon the chip, which Dave describes as the "new king of gaming CPUs", sold out in minutes. Meanwhile, other sources reckon Intel's new Arrow Lake CPUs have been catastrophically slow sellers, with German etailer Mindfactory claimed to have not shifted a single chip in the first week of sales.

AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D launch saw instant sellouts, leaving buyers scrambling and scalpers cashing in as restocks are weeks away across the U.S. and Europe.