World's fastest gaming CPU, AMD's 9800X3D, hits an all-time low price of $429 at Amazon — Newegg offers competing bundles with motherboards, RAM, and coolers

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It looks like a good time to upgrade to a CPU with 3D V-Cache.

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The king of gaming processors used to be almost impossible to get your hands on, but now, with the benefit of time and ample stocks of the 9800X3D on retailer shelves, deals are getting better all the time. Today, direct from Amazon, you can grab hold of AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D for just $429, the lowest price it's ever been available for at Amazon, according to price trackers we checked.

AMD has dominated the gaming CPU space for a while now, overshadowing Intel in gaming sales. The Red Team's X3D line of processors, which use a massive 3D V-cache to enhance performance in gaming applications, have been particularly rampant in this segment.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
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AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D: was $479 now $429.99 at Amazon

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AMD's latest gaming king, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, uses revolutionary 3D V-Cache technology, providing it with its pure gaming prowess. The Ryzen 7 9800X3D comes with eight cores and 16 threads and has a 120W TDP.

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As luck would have it, we have also spotted a tasty trio of Ryzen 9800X3D bundle deals at Newegg. These bundles will appeal more to those who don't already have the requisite hardware for a simple CPU transplant, but have a quality case and PSU that still have a few years of service life left. They are also good for those who are preparing to indulge in a complete new build.

The Ryzen 7 9800X3D uses AMD's successful 3D V-cache technology, which provides the 9800X3D with its pure gaming prowess. The large cache boosts performance, and along with design changes to the CPU, such as moving the cache chiplet underneath the die to alleviate the thermal insulation of previous designs, the compute die is now closer to the cooler. With this increased thermal headroom comes 500 MHz higher base clocks and 200 MHz higher boosts than the previous-gen Zen 4-powered Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

In our 13-game average with resolutions set to 1920 x 1080 pixels, the 9800X3D topped the charts. Outperforming the 7800X3D, which it succeeded.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (Image credit: Tom's Hardware)

You can find more details and benchmarking results on AMD's Ryzen 7 processor in our detailed review of the 9800X3D. With an 8% performance gain on the previous generation 7800X3D, it dominates the competition from Intel in gaming benchmarks. The 9800X3D is unlocked for overclocking and also doesn't have excessive cooling requirements, making this processor one of the best CPUs for pure gaming.

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.

Mark Tyson
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Mark Tyson is a news editor at Tom's Hardware. He enjoys covering the full breadth of PC tech; from business and semiconductor design to products approaching the edge of reason.

9 Comments Comment from the forums
  • S58_is_the_goat
    Intel: hello, don't forget about our world's fastest cpu... the previous gen 14900k cpu 😊
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  • bdcrlsn
    That's if you don't get a brick or a random, previous gen CPU in the packaging...
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  • SkyBill40
    If only the X series motherboards weren't so damned expensive.
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  • logainofhades
    SkyBill40 said:
    If only the X series motherboards weren't so damned expensive.

    Don't really need an X series motherboard, but there are boards that are priced around some B850's pricing. It depends on what features matter most to you.
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  • SkyBill40
    logainofhades said:
    Don't really need an X series motherboard, but there are boards that are priced around some B850's pricing. It depends on what features matter most to you.
    Fair enough point. I usually get an X series board even though I'm not likely using all the features available. But I will say the B series have come a long way and are pretty good for the money.
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  • Mr Majestyk
    Colour me gobsmacked, prices have actually fallen in Australia too, down $110-120 on when I was searching 3-4 months ago, now only $739.
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  • Hadoukev
    logainofhades said:
    Don't really need an X series motherboard, but there are boards that are priced around some B850's pricing. It depends on what features matter most to you.
    Most people may not need an X series, but for those of us who do, the pricing is ridiculous. For example, the Asus ROG Strix X870E is about double the cost of the Asus TUF Gaming X870. I need more than 2 SATA ports (TUF only has 2), but now it seems SATA has become a... premium feature (ROG has 4). For how mature and ubiquitous the SATA protocol is, this is a ridiculous limitation. Note that lower boards like the TUF may not have as many PCIe lanes as the ROG, so it's not always as simple as abandoning SATA for alternative devices using PCIe or USB, as there may not be enough total lanes to keep the GPU at x16 bandwidth rather than dropping to x8.
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  • logainofhades
    SATA is kinda dying off. Most use NVME these days. Asus overprices their boards, compared to the competition offering same features. You can get a a Gigabyte x870e pro for just a little more than that Tuf board, or an x870 Gaming X wifi 7 for less. Only reason I have Asus now, is because I won the rig, and that is what it has. If I were to build something today, it would be with a Gigabyte board.
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  • SkyBill40
    logainofhades said:
    SATA is kinda dying off. Most use NVME these days. Asus overprices their boards, compared to the competition offering same features. You can get a a Gigabyte x870e pro for just a little more than that Tuf board, or an x870 Gaming X wifi 7 for less. Only reason I have Asus now, is because I won the rig, and that is what it has. If I were to build something today, it would be with a Gigabyte board.
    SATA might be in the twilight for storage drives, but there's still other add on items that use it. I don't see it becoming a way of the dodo connection like IDE or AGP for a long time.
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