MSI’s new AI-powered PC building assistant recommends the 9800X3D as a budget CPU — EZ PC Builder spec’d out over $1,700 of parts for a $1,000 build

Yesterday, MSI unveiled its new AI assistant called “EZ PC Builder,” which is a tool designed to guide beginners to build and spec out their computers. MSI partnered with MaiAgent, utilizing LLMs available as part of Amazon‘s Bedrock service to provide answers through a chatbot. It’s available for free around the world, and PC Gamer has already tested it. Their findings revealed that the AI suggests a Ryzen 9 9800X3D processor when asked for budget recommendations — questionable advice that it also…