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AMD's Ryzen 7000 series CPU still selling at all-time lows as the clock runs out on Prime Day — Ryzen 9 7950X drops to $450, Ryzen 7600X at $162
AMD Ryzen 7000 series prices down to an all-time low.
Core Ultra 7 265K CPU selling at all-time low $259 with two free games on last day of Prime Day — 97% of the gaming performance of the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K, but for $260 less
Deals The Core Ultra 7 265K goes on sale for Amazon Prime Day at $259, down from the chip's $404 MSRP.
AMD's forgotten generation of Ryzen chips at incredible deals in the final hours of Amazon Prime Day — Ryzen 5000XT processors up to 46% off
Deals AMD fixes the bad launch day pricing for its Ryzen 5000 refresh; now, both "XT" chips are cheaper than their "X" series counterparts.
Amazon slashes Ryzen 7 7800X3D price, now just $341
You can get a Ryzen 7 7800X3D for $341 at Amazon.
AMD's record-low Ryzen 9000 CPUs pricing is still available, but Prime Day ends today — Ryzen 9 9950X gets $215 off, Ryzen 5 9600X drops to $165
Deals AMD is offering deep discounts for the 9950X and the 9600X.
Intel CPU free gift bonanza extended to current-gen Ultra series — Get a discounted 285K plus a $674 motherboard, a free AIO cooler, and three free games for less than $1,000
Deals It's definitely the right time to buy Intel's Arrow Lake desktop CPUs.
AMD's fastest gaming chip, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D, drops to all-time low pricing for Prime Day — Ryzen 7 7800X3D also at all-time low pricing
Deals AMD's top X3D chip hits an all-time-low. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D matches the 9800X3D in gaming, but eclipses it with 27% faster productivity in our benchmarks.
Intel's 14th Gen CPUs are discounted as low as $190, with up to $178 of free SSDs, coolers, RAM, or games tossed in — Is Intel cleaning out its closets?
Deals You can get a whole bundle of free stuff with Intel's 14th-generation processors over at Newegg.
More Intel layoffs are hitting, this time in Israel — company is even considering dramatic decision to shut down Fab 28
Intel is to cut hundreds of jobs in Israel, including hundreds at its Fab 28 plant near Kiryat Gat. The company is reportedly considering shutting down the aging facility altogether.