If you're a content creator and gamer looking for a CPU upgrade, this Ryzen 9 9900X deal will get you $90 off

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In ourRyzen 9 9900X review, our main criticism was the price, with it not majorly outshining the much cheaper Ryzen 9 7900X but, at this price, that value proposition is much better.

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Recently, over the last few years, with Intel picking up many losses in the CPU division, the divide between content creation and gaming has mostly been down to AMD chips with and without 3D V-cache technology.

If you are looking for a dedicated content creation rig, which can also happily handle games, you end up paying a little more but, luckily, with a few sales, you can now get the rather impressiveRyzen9 9900X at a reasonable price.

When you move into gaming, this chip’s nice specs aren’t quite as reflective. It still performs well, roughly matching the Ryzen 7 9700X stats and performing just a little worse than the Intel Core i9 14900K.

When we originally reviewed this CPU, we recommended picking the Ryzen 9 7900X instead, not because it performs poorly but because the price increase wasn’t fully reflected in performance gains. With that last-gen CPU now being$398.99 at Newegg, this upgrade makes a lot more sense.

If you want solid but not hugely noteworthy game performance, yet excellent content creation and productivity performance, and you have the AM5 socket to plug this thing in, you won’t be disappointed in your upgrade.

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