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Select Micro Center Stores: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4Ghz 8-Core/16-Thread Processor

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Select Micro Center Stores have AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4Ghz 8-Core/16-Thread Desktop Processor (100-100000651WO) on sale for $299.99. Please check product availability at your local stores for purchase.

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  • VR Ready: Yes
  • Processor Type: Desktop
  • Multimedia Instructions: SSE4.2; SSE4.1; SSE; SSE2; SSE3; AES; MMX; SSE4a; FMA3; SSSE3; AVX 2.0; AMD-V; SHA
  • Cores: Eight-Core
  • CPU Core: Vermeer

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This is likely the last AM4 CPU from what I understand.
Simple thoughts.
Get this is you are already on an am4 platform and your priority is gaming. And not planning on a new build for a few years.

If you doing a new build, go with the new am5 instead, and it should last years on this socket.
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01-27-2023 at 09:05 AM.
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I've read a lot of comments on all the other deals for this and other AM4s and still don't know if I should go for this 5800x3d for $300 or the 5900x for $320. The 5950x is $470 at MC, so that's kind of out.

I currently have Ryzen 7 3700x and would be interested in getting a good, last run processor and then upgrade in 5 years or more.

I just picked up 6800 (not XT) and have 32GB ram, use is light gaming but mostly used for office type work (spreadsheets, programming, etc).

Reading online, the 5800x3d is geared more towards gaming while 5900x might be more "future proof". Someone on reddit posted a link to someone who measured FPS and the 5800x3d seemed to blow away the 5900x on some games. That is enticing right there!
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01-27-2023 at 09:10 AM.
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I've read a lot of comments on all the other deals for this and other AM4s and still don't know if I should go for this 5800x3d for $300 or the 5900x for $320. The 5950x is $470 at MC, so that's kind of out.

I currently have Ryzen 7 3700x and would be interested in getting a good, last run processor and then upgrade in 5 years or more.

I just picked up 6800 (not XT) and have 32GB ram, use is light gaming but mostly used for office type work (spreadsheets, programming, etc).

Reading online, the 5800x3d is geared more towards gaming while 5900x might be more "future proof". Someone on reddit posted a link to someone who measured FPS and the 5800x3d seemed to blow away the 5900x on some games. That is enticing right there!
It's good for gaming on 1080p/1440p high refresh rate monitors with high end GPUs. The lower resolutions won't max out high end GPUs. Doesn't help in 4k gaming as most games will max out your GPU unless you play on low settings.
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01-27-2023 at 09:21 AM.
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I've read a lot of comments on all the other deals for this and other AM4s and still don't know if I should go for this 5800x3d for $300 or the 5900x for $320. The 5950x is $470 at MC, so that's kind of out.

I currently have Ryzen 7 3700x and would be interested in getting a good, last run processor and then upgrade in 5 years or more.

I just picked up 6800 (not XT) and have 32GB ram, use is light gaming but mostly used for office type work (spreadsheets, programming, etc).

Reading online, the 5800x3d is geared more towards gaming while 5900x might be more "future proof". Someone on reddit posted a link to someone who measured FPS and the 5800x3d seemed to blow away the 5900x on some games. That is enticing right there!
I would go for a 5600/5600x and call it a day. The 5800X3D is great for gaming and any Zen 3 CPU should be more than enough for "office type work" but costs substantially more. I got my 5600 for $120 and all the money I saved is going toward a future upgrade.

Also, more cores don't necessarily mean greater performance. They might optimize games to utilize more cores in future games but at least in the foreseeable future a 6c/12t should do very well.
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01-27-2023 at 09:53 AM.
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Are there any other AM4 CPUs coming that might push this down soon?
This is likely the last AM4 CPU from what I understand.
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Quote from rexcel13 :
I've read a lot of comments on all the other deals for this and other AM4s and still don't know if I should go for this 5800x3d for $300 or the 5900x for $320. The 5950x is $470 at MC, so that's kind of out.

I currently have Ryzen 7 3700x and would be interested in getting a good, last run processor and then upgrade in 5 years or more.

I just picked up 6800 (not XT) and have 32GB ram, use is light gaming but mostly used for office type work (spreadsheets, programming, etc).

Reading online, the 5800x3d is geared more towards gaming while 5900x might be more "future proof". Someone on reddit posted a link to someone who measured FPS and the 5800x3d seemed to blow away the 5900x on some games. That is enticing right there!
I'm looking to upgrade from a 3600 (mini-ITX case) and running into some similar problems.

I was kind of leaning toward 5800x3d just because the boost in gaming specs seems cool, and the thermals should hypothetically be better than the 5900x since it pulls about 25W less (this matters more for ITX).

Ironically, the performance per watt is better still with a 5700x (45W less than 5800x3d) . So maybe that's on the table, being a 50% improvement for me (tho only 15-20% for you). Apparently even the 5950x is lower wattage than the 5900x--better binning--but ain't nobody got money fo' dat.

5800x3d has four fewer cores than the 5900x, but I have to wonder if most applications can even make use of 12 cores and 24 threads in the first place. And from a productivity standpoint, I don't even really have a problem with my current 3600.

So I guess the question is how important is gaming to you, and will you notice a difference in either gaming or productivity? Future proofing is kinda hard because you don't know what the landscape will look like in a few years. Personally, it seems like the longer I wait, the more likely it is that I'll keep what I have.

Sorry if none of this was helpful. Maybe you'd like to watch the Gamer's Nexus review [youtube.com] of the 5800x3d.
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Simple thoughts.
Get this is you are already on an am4 platform and your priority is gaming. And not planning on a new build for a few years.

If you doing a new build, go with the new am5 instead, and it should last years on this socket.
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Yep, if you have AM4 and don't need the extra cores for code compilation or heavy CPU rendering tasks, get the 5800X3D and forget about it. If you know you'll do more code compiling than gaming, 5900X. However, if you're going for a whole new build, get AM5 especially if you can get the free RAM from MC.
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thank you all to who responded to my post! I really appreciated it
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01-27-2023 at 12:31 PM.
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I had an AM4 rig. I upgraded to a 13900k build. I regret it. The 5800x3d in games is fairly close or close enough in performance. I could have spent $300 instead of $1700 on a new rig (not including graphics card).

If you have an am4 build already, just go for this and see what Intel has in store with their next socket or how the 7000 series of X3D chips perform. The 5800X3D will hold its value considering its current going price of $300;.
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01-27-2023 at 12:51 PM.
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I've been wait king for this price at MC. Thanks!
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01-27-2023 at 01:32 PM.
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I upgraded from a 5800x to a 5800x3d in my computer only because I had an older computer with a 2600x I wanted to upgrade and I can tell you I noticed a substantial increase in gaming. No difference in regular performance really of course.
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Does anyone think this will go down in price even further after the 7000 X3Ds release next month?
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