Wednesday, April 20th 2022
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Starts Selling at 30% Mark-up
The unexpected parting-shot of Socket AM4 and "Zen 3" at Intel's new "Alder Lake" architecture, the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, started selling. There is, however, a rude catch. On popular US retailer Newegg, the processor is going for as high as USD $589, or $140 higher than the $449 MSRP, a 30 percent mark-up. This would also put its price a vulgar $230 higher (64 percent higher) than the Ryzen 7 5800X, a price difference that can get you a reasonably good motherboard based on the AMD X570 chipset, or perhaps even a combination of a well-priced AMD B550 chipset motherboard and 16 GB of DDR4-3600 memory. It is important to note, however, though, that the Newegg listing is fulfilled by one of its marketplace vendors, and not Newegg directly. The site isn't selling the 5800X3D through its own fulfillment inventory.
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D thoroughly impressed us and several other tech reviewers. AMD stands good on its claim that the 5800X3D is faster than the Core i9-12900K at gaming, and it does end up trading blows with the i9-12900KS (an $800 chip) in several titles. The $589 marked-up price, however, erodes much of that goodwill, and for that kind of money, you're better off just getting a Core i9-12900 (non-K), and unshackling its power limits in the motherboard BIOS. The i9-12900 will trade blows with the 5800X3D at gaming, but will thoroughly outclass it at productivity. Both the i9-12900 and the 5800X3D are "locked."
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D thoroughly impressed us and several other tech reviewers. AMD stands good on its claim that the 5800X3D is faster than the Core i9-12900K at gaming, and it does end up trading blows with the i9-12900KS (an $800 chip) in several titles. The $589 marked-up price, however, erodes much of that goodwill, and for that kind of money, you're better off just getting a Core i9-12900 (non-K), and unshackling its power limits in the motherboard BIOS. The i9-12900 will trade blows with the 5800X3D at gaming, but will thoroughly outclass it at productivity. Both the i9-12900 and the 5800X3D are "locked."
96 Comments on AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D Starts Selling at 30% Mark-up
why, no thank you.
At 1829, though, the Ryzen 7 5700X is simply the best price/performance processor at the price it released since the i5-2500K if not even better than that, though. This one IMHO is the true star of the show.
Newegg went to shit many years ago, dislike it just as much as Amazon but at least you do not have to buy a mobo too.
5600x 210
5700x 270
5800x 320
5900x 360
5950x 500
5800x3d 410
To me the 5900x just became the favourite chip.
It was available this morning for about an hour from Newegg directly. Out of stock now. ................Dont be like this TPU
5600 or 5700X is the way to go.
www.scan.co.uk/products/amd-ryzen-7-5800x3d-am4-zen-3-8-core-16-thread-34ghz-45ghz-turbo-100mb-cache-pcie-40-105w-cpu
I love my 5900.. it’s a beast. But I think back to running my 5600X and how my fans barely spooled with that cpu installed unless it was working hard. If you can’t oc 5800x3d then it would probably run nice and cool in my system.
If it is still in stock tomorrow I might buy it..
Would probably sell my 5900X.. ugh.
Oh and Alder Lake CPUS are selling much closer to MSRP here as well. Well done AMD and also thanks for not releasing the Ryzen 5 5600 here despite it showing has a "global" release on the official AMD website!.
/rant