Finally, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D is readily available again, and at MSRP
Stock levels have finally caught up with demand
Where-To-Buy Quick Links
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Check Amazon
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Check Newegg
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Check Best Buy
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: Check B&H Photo
One of the best processors for outright gaming, AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D, with its hefty stacked 3D V-Cache, has been the in-demand CPU for gaming since its initial launch in January and has been very hard to get hold of.
AMD even stated that they were trying to get weekly rollouts of stock to retailers to cope with the demand, but that didn't stop the CPU from disappearing almost instantly from website pages when new stock came in. Prices for the 9800X3D skyrocketed, with third-party resellers trying to cash in on the demand for this processor and charging egregious prices.
It's been two months, but finally, you can get hold of AMD's current-generation gaming king. Maybe it's the stock levels catching up, or perhaps the launch of the 9900X3D and 9950X3D CPUs recently has pulled away some of the demand on the 9800X3D, but, whatever the reason, if you're looking to build a top-of-the-line gaming rig, now, you can actually get your hands on this impressive CPU.
Available for its $479 MSRP launch price, you can find the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D for sale at Amazon, Newegg, Best Buy, and B&H Photo. I don't see any discounts coming for this super-popular processor anytime soon, but it's great to see the price come back to normal now that there is availability. Here's hoping the same happens with graphics cards, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: now $479 at Amazon
AMD's latest gaming king, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, uses AMD's successful 3D V-Cache technology, which provides the 9800X3D its pure gaming prowess. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D comes with eight cores and 16 threads and has a 120W TDP.
You can find more details of the performance of the Ryzen 7 processor in our detailed review of the 9800X3D. With an 8% performance gain on the previous generation 7800X3D, and easily outperforming the competition from Intel in gaming benchmarks. The 9800X3D is unlocked for overclocking and doesn't have excessive cooling requirements, making this processor one of the best CPUs for pure gaming.
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Thunder64 See people, just be a little patient and refuse to pay scalper prices. You will like for two extra months on your current CPU.Reply -
lmcnabney The same will not happen with graphics cards. In fact the resurgent supply of these CPUs is no doubt a decision by AMD to utilize their 4nm capacity with TSMC to prioritize Ryzen CPUs over Radeon GPUs. AMD probably makes a little bit more per unit manufacturing 9800X3D vs 9070XT, but they can get 5x as many CPUs as GPUs per wafer. At least be happy that the shortage is only remaining on one component in a PC instead of two.Reply -
TerryLaze Reply
A wafer takes months to go through a FAB and become whatever the maker want's it to...lmcnabney said:The same will not happen with graphics cards. In fact the resurgent supply of these CPUs is no doubt a decision by AMD to utilize their 4nm capacity with TSMC to prioritize Ryzen CPUs over Radeon GPUs. AMD probably makes a little bit more per unit manufacturing 9800X3D vs 9070XT, but they can get 5x as many CPUs as GPUs per wafer. At least be happy that the shortage is only remaining on one component in a PC instead of two.
There was nowhere near enough time for AMD to have changed manufacturing since the GPU launch and then for board partners to turn the chips into cards. -
Heat_Fan89 Reply
I've already ordered and cancelled several 9070 XT's and just today an RTX 5070 Ti all on Amazon. I decided to wait for close to MSRP on the videocards. This would be for a new build anyway so i'm in no rush as i'm using an HP Omen with an RTX 3080 card to get me by.lmcnabney said:The same will not happen with graphics cards. In fact the resurgent supply of these CPUs is no doubt a decision by AMD to utilize their 4nm capacity with TSMC to prioritize Ryzen CPUs over Radeon GPUs. AMD probably makes a little bit more per unit manufacturing 9800X3D vs 9070XT, but they can get 5x as many CPUs as GPUs per wafer. At least be happy that the shortage is only remaining on one component in a PC instead of two.