AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X3D, a great AM4 gaming CPU, is now only $229

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Although the AM4 platform has been around for while now, there are still legs in the platform as AMD extends its life with new X3D CPU releases such as the great value Ryzen 7 5700X3D. With the prices of older AM4 motherboards quite low, or if you already own one, the cost of upgrading or building a new system is very reasonable. 

You can purchase the new AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D for as low as $229 from Amazon and other retailers, and at this price, it's over $70 cheaper than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D with only a small decrease in performance. With the money saved, you could afford to splash out a little more on a GPU or RAM to further increase performance.

The Ryzen 7 5700X3D is very similar to the 5800X3D, but is slightly trimmed down. The 5700X3D still packs 8 cores and 16 threads and has the same impressive 3D V-Cache vertical design with 96MB of L3 cache, so its gaming performance is still excellent in the price bracket, giving this Zen 3 CPU plenty of oomph for any AM4 gaming rig.


AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D: now $229 at Amazon

AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D: now $229 at Amazon (was $249)

A brilliant offering for the AM4 platform that offers great gaming performance with 8 cores and a large 96MB L3 cache. This is a great CPU choice for constructing a new AM4 PC build with plenty of gaming performance.  

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D is also available from the following retailers:

Newegg: $229
Walmart: $229
Best Buy: $249
B&H Photo: $229


The clock speeds of the 5700X3D are a 3 GHz base clock, and up to 4.1 GHz for max boost clock. It's compatible with socket AM4 motherboards, and PCI Express 4.0. Similar to the 5800X3D the TDP stays at 105W, and doesn't come with any integrated graphics. 

This is an outstanding gaming CPU for the price, and if you already have an AM4 computer with an older CPU, it offers an excellent upgrade path to extend the life of your PC. It might not be the best CPU to choose for productivity work, but for gaming, that large L3 cache makes it shine. 

Stewart Bendle
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Stewart Bendle is a deals and coupon writer at Tom's Hardware. A firm believer in “Bang for the buck” Stewart likes to research the best prices and coupon codes for hardware and build PCs that have a great price for performance ratio.

  • King_V
    And, for those with a Micro Center nearby, $219.99.

    And if you've got their Insider Card, an additional 10% off, bringing it to $197.99.
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  • helper800
    King_V said:
    And, for those with a Micro Center nearby, $219.99.

    And if you've got their Insider Card, an additional 10% off, bringing it to $197.99.
    Considering I bought my 5800X3D on launch day for 449.99 at microcenter, I would consider this a great deal indeed.
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  • King_V
    helper800 said:
    Considering I bought my 5800X3D on launch day for 449.99 at microcenter, I would consider this a great deal indeed.
    Right now, I'm trying to fight the temptation to get the following bundle:
    5800X3D
    Asus TUF Gaming B550 Plus WiFi II motherboard
    G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM Kit
    for, $329.99, or, after the 10% break with the Insider Card, $296.99.

    I have barely put my 5600X through any serious use, and I'm sitting there looking at that deal and thinking I really should take the hour long drive up there.

    But, and I need to make this clear, mostly to myself: I. Do. Not. NEED. It.
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  • helper800
    King_V said:
    Right now, I'm trying to fight the temptation to get the following bundle:
    5800X3D
    Asus TUF Gaming B550 Plus WiFi II motherboard
    G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB DDR4-3200 RAM Kit
    for, $329.99, or, after the 10% break with the Insider Card, $296.99.

    I have barely put my 5600X through any serious use, and I'm sitting there looking at that deal and thinking I really should take the hour long drive up there.

    But, and I need to make this clear, mostly to myself: I. Do. Not. NEED. It.
    Personally, when I take up such quandaries, I ask myself 'Is this going to improve my experience'? If yes, get the item, if not, then pass until the answer is yes. This assumes a financially responsible decision making aptitude.
    Reply
  • Eximo
    I keep checking in on their 14700k price, twenty bucks under everyone else. But I will see what happens after 15th gen finally drops.

    Their 7700X bundle is quite good at the moment too. 32GB of reasonable memory on an okay board.
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  • King_V
    helper800 said:
    Personally, when I take up such quandaries, I ask myself 'Is this going to improve my experience'? If yes, get the item, if not, then pass until the answer is yes. This assumes a financially responsible decision making aptitude.
    There was a point that I would've allowed myself a bit of indulgence on this one.

    BUT . . having been searching for a job for a few months at this point, well, my normal "let's try to be financially responsible" is settling more into a "let's try to be extremely financially conservative."

    I'm not at all struggling at the moment, but, in this case, the caution is definitely in cahoots with my 5600X saying "man, the stuff you've made me do could've been done on that Athlon 200GE you've got!"
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