Saturday, May 20th 2023
AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D Selling Nearly Twice as Fast as 5800X3D in Some Regions
AMD's cheapest Zen 4 X3D processor is shaping up to be its most popular. Sales numbers from Germany's Mindfactory posted by TechEpiphany seemingly shows the recently launched Ryzen 7 7800X3D outselling last year's Ryzen 7 5800X3D nearly 2:1, with 4,720 7800X3Ds selling to the 5800X3D's 2,510 over a few week period. While these figures show sales for only a single region, evidence for this momentum is reflected in other regional retailers as well as some global outlets. On Amazon, for example, the 7800X3D has made a frequent appearance on the top 10 best selling CPUs list, with the rest of the Zen 4 lineup trailing well behind. Newegg reports the 7800X3D to be among the top 5 best selling CPUs on the site at time of writing. Microcenter also shows the 7800X3D and 5800X3D side-by-side in seventh and eighth places respectively for popularity.
Despite recent troubles with the AM5 platform and Zen 4 X3D processors, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is proving to be quite a success for AMD. The 7800X3D in our review was shown to be one of the most efficient processors we've ever tested, and offered gaming performance at or near the top of the charts across the gauntlet of games and resolutions thrown at it. The staggered release of the 7000X3D lineup, with the 7950X3D and 7900X3D launching first and the 7800X3D launching later, gave early signals that AMD knew what they had and wanted to push as many early adopters away from the better value chip as they could. Pricing for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has been steady since it released, however we've already seen retailers offering discounts on the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D, as they presumably struggle to sell as well as the more aggressively positioned 7800X3D.
Sources:
TechEpiphany, Wccftech
Despite recent troubles with the AM5 platform and Zen 4 X3D processors, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is proving to be quite a success for AMD. The 7800X3D in our review was shown to be one of the most efficient processors we've ever tested, and offered gaming performance at or near the top of the charts across the gauntlet of games and resolutions thrown at it. The staggered release of the 7000X3D lineup, with the 7950X3D and 7900X3D launching first and the 7800X3D launching later, gave early signals that AMD knew what they had and wanted to push as many early adopters away from the better value chip as they could. Pricing for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D has been steady since it released, however we've already seen retailers offering discounts on the Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7900X3D, as they presumably struggle to sell as well as the more aggressively positioned 7800X3D.
88 Comments on AMD's Ryzen 7 7800X3D Selling Nearly Twice as Fast as 5800X3D in Some Regions
oh well i will probably be contributing to the 5800X3D side soon ... these are nearing the sub 300chf/$ mark :D
Then again...sooo much work redoing the loop blehhh. My fingers still hurt.
Fastest gaming CPU in the world, latest platform, latest technologies. Seems that the premium in price is worth it to many people after all.
On the other hand the problems with voltages and burn ups prove that they might were correct to wait and probably if they had released the X3D chips in 6 months from now they could have spotted the stupidity of motherboard makers of overvolting the chips like noobs.
I’m beginning to believe every little problem is being blown out of proportion by the media to fill the aggressive 24/7 news cycle. Nah, I’m just being paranoid I guess.
It doesn't show anything about how many of the sales were made prior or post the meltdown debacle...
So no, it does not show that the meltdown issue "is minor" - infact it shows absolutely nothing...
....you get a 7800X3D if you build a new pc for gaming, or get a 5800X3D if you upgrade within AM4 platform, or get a 5700X/5600 for best VFM.
I think AMD should rename this gen as the real Bulldozer.
They should just price lower the 7900 GPUs, and everyone would pee on nVidia over a full AMD build.
The other few dead CPUs were killed deliberately by Youtubers to recreate the problem.
But I’ll play along. I read tech sites and not reddit. So my research is limited to popular sources. So far I haven’t seen any youtubers or tech sites duplicate the burnt pin problem. But since you doubt my research, please provide the subreddits with all the user postings of burnt pins. I will read them and look at the pictures taken. I am ready to be informed.
Yeah that looks bad. You can change settings in the BIOS that leads to runaway voltages. But that test generated damage way more than a burnt pin. Luckily motherboard manufacturers have updated their BIOSes so this can’t happen.
If you are a novice computer buyer/builder, I doubt you would tinker with settings in this extreme way. If you are an informed expert buyer/builder, you would update your BIOS and be fine. While the situation is not great, I don’t think it will effect sales much. Time will tell.