HardwareProcessorsAs if I wasn’t already struggling with Arrow Lake’s price, AMD is having a big sale on its most recent 9000-series CPUsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
HardwareProcessorsAs if I wasn’t already struggling with Arrow Lake’s price, AMD is having a big sale on its most recent 9000-series CPUsWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 8 cores | 16 threads | Zen 5 | 5.5 GHz boost | AM5 socket |$359$311.99 at Newegg (save $47.01)Eight speedy cores for not a huge amount of cash. Well, it is a lot of money but in processor terms you’re at least getting solid performance and lots of computational performance for your buck. The3D V-Cachechips are better for pure gaming than this, but they’re alotmore money. Just make sure to use the codeBFDDYA55for the full discount.View Deal
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 8 cores | 16 threads | Zen 5 | 5.5 GHz boost | AM5 socket |$359$311.99 at Newegg (save $47.01)Eight speedy cores for not a huge amount of cash. Well, it is a lot of money but in processor terms you’re at least getting solid performance and lots of computational performance for your buck. The3D V-Cachechips are better for pure gaming than this, but they’re alotmore money. Just make sure to use the codeBFDDYA55for the full discount.View Deal
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 8 cores | 16 threads | Zen 5 | 5.5 GHz boost | AM5 socket |$359$311.99 at Newegg (save $47.01)Eight speedy cores for not a huge amount of cash. Well, it is a lot of money but in processor terms you’re at least getting solid performance and lots of computational performance for your buck. The3D V-Cachechips are better for pure gaming than this, but they’re alotmore money. Just make sure to use the codeBFDDYA55for the full discount.View Deal
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 8 cores | 16 threads | Zen 5 | 5.5 GHz boost | AM5 socket |$359$311.99 at Newegg (save $47.01)Eight speedy cores for not a huge amount of cash. Well, it is a lot of money but in processor terms you’re at least getting solid performance and lots of computational performance for your buck. The3D V-Cachechips are better for pure gaming than this, but they’re alotmore money. Just make sure to use the codeBFDDYA55for the full discount.
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X | 8 cores | 16 threads | Zen 5 | 5.5 GHz boost | AM5 socket |$359$311.99 at Newegg (save $47.01)Eight speedy cores for not a huge amount of cash. Well, it is a lot of money but in processor terms you’re at least getting solid performance and lots of computational performance for your buck. The3D V-Cachechips are better for pure gaming than this, but they’re alotmore money. Just make sure to use the codeBFDDYA55for the full discount.
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Intel had a decent day yesterday. The chip firm announced it actually beat its earnings guidance, which means shareholders are a little better off than they expected. Though that’s only a drop of positivity for a select few in a bucket of mostly bad. Intel has had a rocky year, and while Lunar Lake was a surprising success, its desktop Arrow Lake chips are a bit of a damp squib.
What’s making matters worse is how increasingly affordable AMD’s current CPU lineup is right now.
Here are the prices for theRyzen9000-series over at Newegg:
For the sake of comparison, you can pick up Intel’sCore Ultra 9 285Kfor$630on Newegg. Well, you could, if it was in stock. Low stock around a chip launch is pretty normal, but reports suggest there’s very little Arrow Lake stock to go around. You can actually pick up theCore Ultra 5 245Kfor$319, at least.
I wouldn’t, though. The 245K doesn’t beat out the 9600X in our testing, and the AMD chip is 26% cheaper. There are also savings to be had in terms of your choice of motherboard. The most affordable Z890 motherboard for Arrow Lake on Newegg right now is$190, or $180 with a rebate. Whereas the most affordable AM5 motherboard for the 9000-series is$76. I don’t recommend buying the most basic board for a shiny new 9000-series chip but you could get something new and relatively decent for$115. That’s the sort of saving you can either put back in your pocket or to bump up to a better processor.
I won’t labor this point too much, as my colleague Jacob has already gone into greater depths of Intel’s pricing issue in his story on theAMD Ryzen 9 9800X3D, which will launch for $489in the coming week. The main takeaway is simply, AMD’s prices are looking near-insurmountable for Intel right now. As such, PC gamers in need of a CPU upgrade should take note of these discounts. And also that new X3D chip, which might be the next best thing.
Out of those discounted, the chip we recommend for most PC gamers is the 9700X. As our Nick Evanson said in his review: “The $359 MSRP of the 9700X is spot-on for this kind of overall performance and it’s pleasingly lower than the last-gen 7700X’s launch price of $399.”
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It’s November, which means Black Friday is coming at the end of the month. We’re sure to see retailers dropping prices quicker than the Halloween decorations in the coming days and weeks. In fact, these AMD CPU discounts are a part ofNewegg’s Black Friday sale. Head to our page for thebest Black Friday PC gaming dealsthis year.
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AMD accuses Intel’s Arrow Lake of being a ‘horrible’ product and implies a lack of options for consumers has caused the Ryzen 7 9800X3D shortage
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