AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is still within $10 of all-time low pricing — fastest gaming CPU on the market discounted, bundles now available

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The fastest gaming processor in the world is still on sale at Amazon, just $10 shy of its lowest ever price. The absolute cream of the crop when it comes to gaming performance, this usually retails for around $479, but is currently discounted to $451. This deal is available across multiple vendors, including both Newegg and Amazon.

Not only that, Amazon has also discounted a series of requisite AM5 motherboards from Asus, and will let you add both as a bundle to your basket. The cheapest gets you a ROG Strix B850-F Gaming Wi-Fi bundle for $718, although you can buy them separately for roughly the same price if you so choose.

Check out the deal at Amazon

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D's performance blew us away when we reviewed it last year, quickly rocketing to the top of our list and earning our Editor's Choice award. We ultimately gave it a score of 4.5 out of 5 stars, regarding its performance as "devastating" in the title with good reason. This is hands down one of the best processors you can get your hands on right now, and this discount only sweetens the deal.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU is built around the Zen 5 X3D architecture. It features eight cores, providing a total of 16 threads, with a base speed of 4.7 GHz. When boosted, it can reach frequencies as high as 5.2 GHz. Most importantly, it comes with a massive 96MB of game-boosting L3 Cache.

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Ryzen 7 9800 X3D FPS — (Image credit: Future)

This edition features integrated AMD Radeon Graphics, which includes two graphics cores, eliminating the need for a separate GPU to achieve video output with the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D. It's also PCIe 5.0 compatible and supports up to 192GB of DDR5-5600 via two channels.

The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is an absolute gaming beast; there is really no other way to put it, topping our CPU hierarchy list, where we break down our ranking of CPUs, and leading our list of the Best CPUs for gaming.

Snag it while you can — this CPU was plagued by shortages for months due to its popularity, and, as expected, the price hasn't budged much as a result. All this is to say, you can be assured this sale will last long.

If you're looking for more savings, check out our Best PC Hardware deals for a range of products, or dive deeper into our specialized SSD and Storage Deals, Hard Drive Deals, Gaming Monitor Deals, Graphics Card Deals, or CPU Deals pages.

Ash Hill is a contributing writer for Tom's Hardware with a wealth of experience in the hobby electronics, 3D printing and PCs. She manages the Pi projects of the month and much of our daily Raspberry Pi reporting while also finding the best coupons and deals on all tech.

24 Comments Comment from the forums

aberkae

Was $379 at microcenter few weeks back with membership discount. FYI.
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Ap3xLyfe

I got it from Best Buy last week for $399
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thekingofALLmonkz

You keep writing entire articles about unimpressive discounts, just log out mate
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MoxNix

Wow, Tom's used to be good years ago but it's gotten so bad now we can't believe anything they say anymore.

Try hiring writers that actually know what they're talking about.
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Heat_Fan89

That maybe an all time low for Ash, the writer but I picked up several months ago the 9800X3D directly from Amazon for $443 and as others have noted, it has been cheaper at Microcenter.
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nogaard777

$450 for an 8 core in 2025 is a rip off. Period. I find it hilarious that for over a decade AMD fanboys called Intel a rip off for being faster in gaming when AMD was just as good at far less cost, and faster in multicore. But now that the tables have turned and AMD leads in gaming with a 5090 at 1080p that no 5090 owner is playing at it's magically "worth it" when AMD is the one ripping you off.

You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.
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Daniel15

It's $429 at Microcenter right now. $451 isn't a deal.
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Daniel15

nogaard777 said:
$450 for an 8 core in 2025 is a rip off. Period
It's a CPU that's primarily designed for gaming, with high base clock and a large amount of L3 cache. That's what the "X3D" means - it has 3D V-cache. The 9800X3D has 96MB of L3 cache, compared to 32MB in higher-end Intel CPUs.

It's rare for games to rely on more than 8 cores, since that's also the number of cores on the Xbox Series X and PS5. Games benefit more from faster cores rather than a higher number of them, and the 9800X3D has a 4.7Ghz base clock.

If you care about core count, get a non-X3D CPU, like a 7950X.
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Heat_Fan89

Daniel15 said:
It's a CPU that's primarily designed for gaming, with high base clock and a large amount of L3 cache. That's what the "X3D" means - it has 3D V-cache. The 9800X3D has 96MB of L3 cache, compared to 32MB in higher-end Intel CPUs.

It's rare for games to rely on more than 8 cores, since that's also the number of cores on the Xbox Series X and PS5. Games benefit more from faster cores rather than a higher number of them, and the 9800X3D has a 4.7Ghz base clock.

If you care about core count, get a non-X3D CPU, like a 7950X.
You nailed it!

When HP released the HP Omen 45L with a 5090. I could have bought that for $4200 plus tax. I decided against it because they decided to go with the Ultra9 285K. It is a multipurpose CPU. I wanted a CPU that was tailored specifically for gaming. I also decided against the Alienware Area 51 for the same reason.

I also considered that the 9800X3D handily beats Intel's current best in gaming, which is the 285K. What made my decision even easier was Intel's "crashgate" and in the past I always went with Intel.

AMD got my money this time. Intel needs to up their game, "no pun intended".
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umeng2002_2

It's a deal when Toms makes some money on referral links.
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