Ryzen 7 7800X3D gets a $100 price cut — beats pricier 7950X3D and 14900K in gaming, now just $349

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The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is one of the best CPUs, especially for high-end gaming. Despite having a $449 MSRP, the AMD 3D V-Cache chip has dipped below $350 several times during the year, and it's now available for $348.94 at Newegg, a little over $100 below the chip's MSRP.

Black Friday is over, but that doesn't mean all the deals are gone. If you're a gamer desperate for a processor upgrade, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is a steal right now. The Zen 4 processor has eight cores and 16 threads clocked at a 4.2 GHz base clock and a maximum boost clock up to 5 GHz. While the specifications aren't jaw-dropping, the show's real star is the 96MB of L3 cache powered by AMD's second-generation 3D V-Cache technology.

The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is the current king of gaming chips. It's ahead of the more expensive offerings, such as the flagship Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Core i9-14900K from AMD and Intel, respectively. The octa-core chip resides on AMD's latest AM5 platform, so existing Ryzen 7000 motherbaord owners only need to upgrade the motherboard's firmware. New AMD users will have to splash out for a new motherboard and corresponding DDR5 memory because one of AM5's caveats is the lack of DDR4 support. Nonetheless, AM5 motherboards and DDR5 memory kits have become more affordable, so you no longer have to pay the early adopter prices.

Ryzen 7 7800X3D: was $449, now $348.94 at Newegg with SSCZ435 promo code

Ryzen 7 7800X3D: was $449, now $348.94 at Newegg with SSCZ435 promo code
The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is the fastest gaming CPU you can buy now. The octa-core, 16-thread Zen 4 chip has a 5 GHz boost clock speed and a 96MB L3 cache, making it a champ in gaming performance.

Price Match: Amazon $348.94 | B&H Photo Video $358.92

The Ryzen 7 7800X3D sells for $348.94 across multiple major U.S. retailers, including Newegg and Amazon. Don't forget to add the SSCZ435 promotional code if ordering from B&H, to get the price. For Amazon purchasers, apply the $9.98 coupon before checkout.

If you're fortunate to live close to a Micro Center, you're even in better luck. The Ryzen 7 7800X3D retails $339.99 at Micro Center; however, it's only available for in-store pickups.

AMD is currently running the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora bundle for select Radeon graphics cards and Ryzen processors. In addition to getting an incredible gaming processor, you'll receive a free copy of Ubisoft's looming open-world action-adventure title when it launches on December 7. The recommended processor for a quality 4K experience is the Ryzen 7 7800X3D; therefore, the chip will have no problems pushing buttery smooth frame rates on Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora ($69.99 value) as long as you have an equally capable graphics card, such as the Radeon RX 7900 XT, which is coincidentally one of the best graphics cards.

Zhiye Liu
News Editor and Memory Reviewer

Zhiye Liu is a news editor and memory reviewer at Tom’s Hardware. Although he loves everything that’s hardware, he has a soft spot for CPUs, GPUs, and RAM.

  • wcbhkids
    Don't waste your time. This is an advertisement masquerading as an article. $360 is the current market price for Ryzen 7 7800X3D. There is absolutely no discount or sale.
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  • Amdlova
    For eight cores need to be 200 us :)
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  • ilukey77
    Actually alot of aussie retailers are selling the 7800x3d for $589 aud right now which is a great price ..
    I paid $720aud at release and they have been around the $640aud mark for some time..

    so maybe not a huge drop from $640aud to $590aud but still better than nothing !!
    Reply
  • valthuer
    An impressive CPU, which i still regret not buying. Shouldn't have settled for Intel's 13900K.
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  • ilukey77
    valthuer said:
    An impressive CPU, which i still regret not buying. Shouldn't have settled for Intel's 13900K.
    13900k is a great cpu what kills it now is its Platform life span 14th was a joke and now Intel fans are stuck waiting till 15th ..

    For production and gaming the 13900k is still the king of sorts !!
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  • valthuer
    ilukey77 said:
    13900k is a great cpu what kills it now is its Platform life span 14th was a joke and now Intel fans are stuck waiting till 15th ..

    For production and gaming the 13900k is still the king of sorts !!

    I don't know man. I get the impression that my 4090 would make a much better combo with 7800. I seriously underestimated it. I like gaming, so i kinda let my opinion about AMD's GPUs influence my choice of a CPU.

    A foolish mistake.

    P.S. BTW, that's an awesome rig you got there!
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  • helper800
    ilukey77 said:
    13900k is a great cpu what kills it now is its Platform life span 14th was a joke and now Intel fans are stuck waiting till 15th ..

    For production and gaming the 13900k is still the king of sorts !!
    Not the king of gaming, but definitely very close to an almost immeasurable scale.
    Reply
  • Alvar "Miles" Udell
    It was $349 in October on Amazon for a while, now it's $348.94, and since technology ages about as well as milk, it's going to continue to slowly decrease.
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  • HideOut
    wcbhkids said:
    Don't waste your time. This is an advertisement masquerading as an article. $360 is the current market price for Ryzen 7 7800X3D. There is absolutely no discount or sale.
    EXACTLY, THG is no longer news/media. Its adverts. in fact as this was posted it was about $10 cheaper on amazon.
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  • ilukey77
    valthuer said:
    I don't know man. I get the impression that my 4090 would make a much better combo with 7800. I seriously underestimated it. I like gaming, so i kinda let my opinion about AMD's GPUs influence my choice of a CPU.

    A foolish mistake.

    P.S. BTW, that's an awesome rig you got there!
    Thank you

    You can find some pics of my other builds as well as my current system in the members photos thread ..
    always happy for people to take my ideas and better them .. page 199 few posts down !!

    I think no doubt if gaming and only gaming is youre thing then the 7800x3d is the better cpu ..
    even think Hardware unboxed did a video with the 13900k vs 7800x3d using the 4090 and the 7800x3d was winning alot of the charts ..

    Not that i want to sound rude but i think your mistake was not the 13900k as much as the Intel platform socket life just sucks ..

    Im not sure what i would do in your situation its a 50/50 buy AM5 now or soon buy the 7800x3d or wait till the next gen x3d or just wait till 15th ???
    Reply