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AMD had a certified hit with its game-boosting Ryzen 7 5800X3D chip, sporting extra V-cache, back in 2022. The follow-ups to this design have only gotten better, and if you’re building a PC for gaming, Ryzen chips are absolutely worth it on the high end. Today you can grab the Ryzen 9 7900X3D, AMD’s penultimate CPU for gamers on the AM5 socket, for an unbeatable price. Normally $600, this 12-core, 24-thread beast is going for just $409.99 on Amazon right now.
For the sake of comparison, the Ryzen 9 7900X3D has 50 percent more cores and a 200MHz base clock speed boost versus the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which is already our best pick for high-end gaming PC builds. At $409, it’s actually cheaper than the latter’s street price (though you can find a 7800X3D for significantly less if you look). In gaming performance the 7900X3D is at or just below Intel’s 24-core competitor, the Core i9-14900K, at around the same retail price.
At this discount, it’s a no-brainer — especially if you perform any heavy CPU tasks on your PC that can take advantage of all the 7900X3D’s extra cores.
Keep in mind that you’ll need a fairly recent AM5-based system (or motherboard upgrade) to take advantage of this CPU, not to mention a pretty beefy air cooler or AIO water cooler since it doesn’t come with one in the box. And with a TDP rating of 120 watts, you might want to double-check and see if your power supply is up to snuff, too. But if all that checks out, or you’re ready for a monster upgrade or completely new build, this is the best price we’ve seen yet on the Ryzen 9 7900X3D.
Get the Ryzen 9 7900X3D for $409.99 on Amazon
Author: Michael Crider, Staff Writer
Michael is a former graphic designer who’s been building and tweaking desktop computers for longer than he cares to admit. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and salsa verde, in no particular order.