If you're in the market for a brand new CPU to power your gaming rig, or a spicy AM5 upgrade, then there are two great savings to be had right now on two of AMD's top gaming chips.
Right now at Amazon, you can score the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D for just $341, down from $449, a 24% saving. That's not quite the $320 low of last year, but it is the same price as it was on Amazon Prime Day, so you likely won't do better this side of Black Friday.
If you want even more bang for your buck, the king of gaming processors, the 9950X3D, is now $649 on Amazon instead of $699. That's only $50 off, but that's much cheaper than it was on Prime Day and only $4 shy of its best-ever price. Move fast, though, stock is very limited.
As you can see from our extensive testing, the Ryzen9 9950X3D is the best CPU on the market for gaming, matching the excellent 9800X3D without breaking a sweat, leaving plenty in the tank for productivity tasks.
You get twice as many cores and higher clock speeds, with the requisite increase in TDP, up 50W.
In benchmarks, there's nothing to separate the two on gaming, but the 9950X3D excels in productivity tasks over the 9800X3D, making it a much better all-rounder.
If you're on a tighter budget, the 7800X3D is an excellent alternative at just $341. We have seen this chip fall to just $320 before, but this price matches the big saving we saw on Amazon Prime Day, suggesting it isn't likely to get much better until at least Black Friday, which is still months away.
While there's a big gulf in performance between the two, either would make a noble centerpiece for a gaming build. The 7800X3D is a perfect mid-range option, while the 9950X3D is the top-of-the-line premium option for those who want the very best gaming performance. Naturally, you'll want an equally performant GPU and oodles of cooling to get the very best out of it.
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