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frontpagedas1984 posted Jan 02, 2026 04:30 PM

AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

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Various Retailers have AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor (100-100000662WOF) on sale for $389.99. Shipping is free.

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Available From:Specs:
  • Granite Ridge 12-Core Desktop Processor
  • 12MB L2, 64MB L3 Cache
  • 12 Cores, 24 Threads (4.4GHz Base / 5.6GHz Boost)
  • AMD A620 / AMD B650 / AMD B650E / AMD B850 / AMD X670 / AMD X670E / AMD X870 / AMD X870E Chipsets
  • Heatsink Not Included

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Various Retailers have AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor (100-100000662WOF) on sale for $389.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Member das1984 for finding this deal.

Available From:Specs:
  • Granite Ridge 12-Core Desktop Processor
  • 12MB L2, 64MB L3 Cache
  • 12 Cores, 24 Threads (4.4GHz Base / 5.6GHz Boost)
  • AMD A620 / AMD B650 / AMD B650E / AMD B850 / AMD X670 / AMD X670E / AMD X870 / AMD X870E Chipsets
  • Heatsink Not Included

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Written by ValPal2011 | Staff
  • Our research indicates that this offer is $10 lower than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $399.
  • Rated 4.8 out of 5 from over 1,215 global ratings.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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Frank_Nitty
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Agreed. I do video editing on my YT channel and 12-cores are better than 8 in that endeavor.
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I disregard games/gamerz so when it comes down to productivity, the bottleneck is the software obviously. Adobe's Creative Cloud doesn't benefit meaningfully from any headroom past the 9900x anyway. And yeah, saving money is a universal goal (why are we here at SD?). This is the one -- and Intel is hilariously still behind after over a decade.

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Quote from OodlesofNoodles157 :
It's a decent deal for this CPU, but I don't understand this CPU's use case. Either go bigger / more cores (9950X) if you want a CPU primarily for productivity, or go for a 9800X3D if you want gaming (or a 9950X3D if you want both). Productivity on a budget, I guess?
It is an odd one in the lineup, came down to the TDP for me, wanted some extra cores for running VMs, but also keep my smaller case. If your plan is just gaming though, 100% pick the 8-core models. However, I paid $10 less over a year ago, that was a deal given how new it was, harder to recommend now.
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Quote from OodlesofNoodles157 :
It's a decent deal for this CPU, but I don't understand this CPU's use case. Either go bigger / more cores (9950X) if you want a CPU primarily for productivity, or go for a 9800X3D if you want gaming (or a 9950X3D if you want both). Productivity on a budget, I guess?
I disregard games/gamerz so when it comes down to productivity, the bottleneck is the software obviously. Adobe's Creative Cloud doesn't benefit meaningfully from any headroom past the 9900x anyway. And yeah, saving money is a universal goal (why are we here at SD?). This is the one -- and Intel is hilariously still behind after over a decade.
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intel e-core is efficient?
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PhryxusJan 02, 2026 11:08 PM
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Wish I wasn't on AM4, although an X3D seems the better deal for most gamers
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Glad I snagged one of these through Amazon Resale in "Used - Mint" condition during Prime Day back in July since Amazon was unsuspectingly including a 30% discount at checkout which totaled out to $306.05 (not including tax).
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Quote from amax :
I disregard games/gamerz so when it comes down to productivity, the bottleneck is the software obviously. Adobe's Creative Cloud doesn't benefit meaningfully from any headroom past the 9900x anyway. And yeah, saving money is a universal goal (why are we here at SD?). This is the one -- and Intel is hilariously still behind after over a decade.
Agreed. I do video editing on my YT channel and 12-cores are better than 8 in that endeavor.
Last edited by Frank_Nitty January 5, 2026 at 03:26 PM.
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Quote from Warpig1955 :
265kf is much cheaper and performing exactly same . This cpu is totally overpriced
Right.... You just have to pay again if you wanna upgrade the CPU.

They change sockets more often than the Kardashians changing partners.
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mystwu2Jan 04, 2026 05:02 PM
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Dont you wish the seller would throw in a free 2 sticks DDR5 RAM kit?

The biggest problem of buying a higher end CPU is that there is not enough RAM to go with it.
I blame this on Open AI.

OK. Enough rant from me. Let me provide a data sample of running mini tiny Large Language Model locally with AMD Ryzen CPU's built-in iGPU.

I was able to run a 4.3GB model on RAM with the built-in Radeon iGPU (2 computer units).
The iGPU was able to do about 7 tokens per second while the CPU does nothing. iGPU is slow. But it runs. I'd like to have about maybe 20~30 tokens per second kind of speed. But 7 tokens/sec isn't the end of world. I just key in my question and Alt+Tab, go do other things for a minute and come back to read it. If I run a larger model(i.e 16GB one), the token per second will go down to like 1 or less than 1. And at that point, I'd say that is totally not useable.

I typically use iGPU to display to a screen, play(decode) or encode a video, and play the eSport video game(not AAA one). Now I know it can kind of run AI model locally.
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Quote from Frank_Nitty :
Glad I snagged one of these through Amazon Resale in "Used - Mint" condition during Prime Day back in July since Amazon was unsuspectingly including a 30% discount at checkout which totaled out to $306.05 (not including tax).
Now That's a slick deal. Nice find!

I got the prior Gen 7950X3D, + X670E mobo + 32gb DDR5 microcenter bundle for around $700 ~13 months ago.

Won't ever trust them to build another custom PC though.
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Quote from MostBased :
Now That's a slick deal. Nice find!

I got the prior Gen 7950X3D, + X670E mobo + 32gb DDR5 microcenter bundle for around $700 ~13 months ago.

Won't ever trust them to build another custom PC though.
Lol, thanks. I'd rather build my own PCs to spec and to my liking. You'll be better off for it 😁
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Quote from OodlesofNoodles157 :
It's a decent deal for this CPU, but I don't understand this CPU's use case. Either go bigger / more cores (9950X) if you want a CPU primarily for productivity, or go for a 9800X3D if you want gaming (or a 9950X3D if you want both). Productivity on a budget, I guess?
That's how it is. It's particularly unloved for having only 6/8 cores on each CCD, while having some of the same problems sometimes seen with 2x CCDs and cross-CCX latency. So it comes down to: "How cheap can these parts get?" for productive workloads. The 9900X could end up much closer to $300 (the prev-gen 7900X was $270 at Micro Center and $324 at Newegg in October).

Zen 6 moves to 12-core CCDs in late 2026 or early 2027. So AMD will get to decide if they want to fill the big gap between 12 and 24 cores with 16, 18, 20 cores, or nothing at all.
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Quote from Warpig1955 :
265kf is much cheaper and performing exactly same . This cpu is totally overpriced
Intel has lost the desktop CPU war - where have you been?

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jhartbargerJan 05, 2026 01:23 AM
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Glad I picked up one last March when I got one open box from Microcenter for $290 along with a 96GB DDR5 kit for $199.

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