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expiredEragorn | Staff posted Sep 20, 2024 5:34 PM
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Micro Center has a Bundle Deal: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU + 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 RAM + Gigabyte B650 Gaming X Motherboard on sale for $449.99. Select free store pickup where available.
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Includes:
Thanks to staff member Eragorn for finding this deal.
Note: Availability may vary by location.
Includes:
- AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Granite Ridge AM5 3.80GHz 8-Core Boxed Processor (Heatsink Not Included)
- 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 Series (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL32 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3238F16GX2-FX5, Black)
- Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX V2 AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard
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Micro Center has a Bundle Deal: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X CPU + 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 RAM + Gigabyte B650 Gaming X Motherboard on sale for $449.99. Select free store pickup where available.
Thanks to staff member Eragorn for finding this deal.
Note: Availability may vary by location.
Includes:
Thanks to staff member Eragorn for finding this deal.
Note: Availability may vary by location.
Includes:
- AMD Ryzen 7 9700X Granite Ridge AM5 3.80GHz 8-Core Boxed Processor (Heatsink Not Included)
- 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 Series (2 x 16GB) DDR5-6000 PC5-48000 CL32 Dual Channel Desktop Memory Kit (F5-6000J3238F16GX2-FX5, Black)
- Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX V2 AMD AM5 ATX Motherboard
Editor's Notes
Written by oceanlake- Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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The price of this bundle appears to have dropped $10 to $440, but it's still unfortunately not a very good deal for most people. Microcenter's 7700x bundle with the exact same motherboard and ram is currently $390, $50 cheaper: https://www.microcenter
The 9700x isn't substantially superior compared to the 7700x in windows for most common use cases (such as gaming, with a performance uplift of ~6%). Unless you primarily use linux, or have specific avx512 productivity workloads that are a primary use case for you (and even then you'd probably be better off looking at a higher core count zen 4 part), the 9700x simply doesn't deliver performance sufficient to justify the premium.
As a side note, for those with a higher budget and mixed use cases involving both gaming and productivity workloads, microcenter's $650 7950x3d bundle that also includes a substantially superior motherboard is another better value option: https://slickdeals.net/f/17769876-amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-16-core-processor-msi-x670e-mag-tomahawk-wifi-mobo-g-skill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-ram-kit-microcenter-in-store-649-99
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The price of this bundle appears to have dropped $10 to $440, but it's still unfortunately not a very good deal for most people. Microcenter's 7700x bundle with the exact same motherboard and ram is currently $390, $50 cheaper: https://www.microcenter
The 9700x isn't substantially superior compared to the 7700x in windows for most common use cases (such as gaming, with a performance uplift of ~6%). Unless you primarily use linux, or have specific avx512 productivity workloads that are a primary use case for you (and even then you'd probably be better off looking at a higher core count zen 4 part), the 9700x simply doesn't deliver performance sufficient to justify the premium.
As a side note, for those with a higher budget and mixed use cases involving both gaming and productivity workloads, microcenter's $650 7950x3d bundle that also includes a substantially superior motherboard is another better value option: https://slickdeals.net/f/17769876-amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-16-core-processor-msi-x670e-mag-tomahawk-wifi-mobo-g-skill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-ram-kit-microcenter-in-store-649-99
The 9700x isn't substantially superior compared to the 7700x in windows for most common use cases (such as gaming, with a performance uplift of ~6%). Unless you primarily use linux, or have specific avx512 productivity workloads that are a primary use case for you (and even then you'd probably be better off looking at a higher core count zen 4 part), the 9700x simply doesn't deliver performance sufficient to justify the premium.
As a side note, for those with a higher budget and mixed use cases involving both gaming and productivity workloads, microcenter's $650 7950x3d bundle that also includes a substantially superior motherboard is another better value option: https://slickdeals.net/f/17769876-amd-ryzen-9-7950x3d-16-core-processor-msi-x670e-mag-tomahawk-wifi-mobo-g-skill-flare-x5-series-32gb-ddr5-6000-ram-kit-microcenter-in-store-649-99
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i bought better ram because i was in a hurry, and gskill later replaced the set, but i had to hassle with their website, box it up, and pay shipping to send it in.
questionable value
https://community.amd.c
if you are gaming at 4k in particular, non-x3d would generally be more cost efficient, because 4k gaming is usually limited by the gpu not the cpu.
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