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expiredBeigeRoad455 posted Feb 19, 2026 08:13 AM
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Processor + MSI B850 ATX Mobo + 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5
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The 7600x3d is only slightly slower than the 8-core 7800x3d in gaming, and is generally sufficient for literally any gpu weaker than a 4090 even at 1080p. While the newer 9800x3d (which goes for over $420 by itself) is around 15% faster, you're highly unlikely to ever notice the difference in real world use. It'll generally match or beat even intel's current gen flagship i9-285k in gaming. Having only 6-cores is still perfectly fine for the vast majority of games, though it is getting somewhat long in the tooth. The 7600x3d also remains one of the most power efficient desktop x86 cpus on the planet under load. The equivalent 7800x3d bundle with only mildly better gaming performance and a slightly better motherboard is $600, and the 9800x3d bundle with moderately better gaming performance is a whopping $700. Multithreaded performance is a weakness of the 7600x3d, not only does it have only 6-cores, but due to the thermal constraints of v-cache it has fairly low clocks for a zen-4 cpu. For the vast majority of user's this won't matter, it's more than fast enough for basic office productivity tasks and web browsing, but if you have cpu dependent heavily multithreaded productivity workloads (ex. transcoding, video editing, cp based ml inference, etc.) you should probably look elsewhere.
Motherboard specs: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B8...cification
The bundled motherboard seems to be decent considering the total price of the bundle. It uses the current gen midrange b850 chipset, has a pretty good 12(55a)+2+1 vrm, has a pcie gen5 m.2 slot, has acceptable overall io, and has wifi 6e & 2.5gb. While it does have several of the compromises you'd expect on a lower-midrange board, such as no pcie gen5 x16 slot, cheap realtek alc897 audio chip, and only 6-layer pcb, those features realistically won't make much of a difference for a gaming build. Pcie gen4 x16 is still more than sufficient for even a 5090, and is unlikely to be an issue for several years yet.
If you want a higher end board, you could upgrade to the ASUS B850-PLUS TUF Gaming Wifi Motherboard ( https://www.microcenter
The am5 socket is guaranteed to support at minimum one additional future generation of processors as a slot in upgrade (zen-6), with rumors that even the 2-gen in the future zen-7 cpus will be on am5. Intel's current socket is a dead end, the only upgrades on lga1851 will be arrow lake refresh.
The memory included in this bundle is pretty good, especially considering the ongoing ram apocalypse. Prices have literally quadrupled in the past few months, and are still expected to continue rising. Ddr5 6000 cl36 is a decent value sweetspot, better cas latency would be nice but realistically would have a negligible impact on performance while using an x3d cpu. It's likely using samsung memory chips, which are of acceptable quality but lack the extreme overclocking/tuning potential of hynix memory. Considering the absurd premium hynix memory currently carries though, it's nowhere near worth it for this type of build.
Overall, if you're looking to build a gaming focused build in the near future, I'd jump on this before Microcenter fixes their mistake.
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The 7600x3d is only slightly slower than the 8-core 7800x3d in gaming, and is generally sufficient for literally any gpu weaker than a 4090 even at 1080p. While the newer 9800x3d (which goes for over $420 by itself) is around 15% faster, you're highly unlikely to ever notice the difference in real world use. It'll generally match or beat even intel's current gen flagship i9-285k in gaming. Having only 6-cores is still perfectly fine for the vast majority of games, though it is getting somewhat long in the tooth. The 7600x3d also remains one of the most power efficient desktop x86 cpus on the planet under load. The equivalent 7800x3d bundle with only mildly better gaming performance and a slightly better motherboard is $600, and the 9800x3d bundle with moderately better gaming performance is a whopping $700. Multithreaded performance is a weakness of the 7600x3d, not only does it have only 6-cores, but due to the thermal constraints of v-cache it has fairly low clocks for a zen-4 cpu. For the vast majority of user's this won't matter, it's more than fast enough for basic office productivity tasks and web browsing, but if you have cpu dependent heavily multithreaded productivity workloads (ex. transcoding, video editing, cp based ml inference, etc.) you should probably look elsewhere.
Motherboard specs: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B8...cification
The bundled motherboard seems to be decent considering the total price of the bundle. It uses the current gen midrange b850 chipset, has a pretty good 12(55a)+2+1 vrm, has a pcie gen5 m.2 slot, has acceptable overall io, and has wifi 6e & 2.5gb. While it does have several of the compromises you'd expect on a lower-midrange board, such as no pcie gen5 x16 slot, cheap realtek alc897 audio chip, and only 6-layer pcb, those features realistically won't make much of a difference for a gaming build. Pcie gen4 x16 is still more than sufficient for even a 5090, and is unlikely to be an issue for several years yet.
If you want a higher end board, you could upgrade to the ASUS B850-PLUS TUF Gaming Wifi Motherboard ( https://www.microcenter
The am5 socket is guaranteed to support at minimum one additional future generation of processors as a slot in upgrade (zen-6), with rumors that even the 2-gen in the future zen-7 cpus will be on am5. Intel's current socket is a dead end, the only upgrades on lga1851 will be arrow lake refresh.
The memory included in this bundle is pretty good, especially considering the ongoing ram apocalypse. Prices have literally quadrupled in the past few months, and are still expected to continue rising. Ddr5 6000 cl36 is a decent value sweetspot, better cas latency would be nice but realistically would have a negligible impact on performance while using an x3d cpu. It's likely using samsung memory chips, which are of acceptable quality but lack the extreme overclocking/tuning potential of hynix memory. Considering the absurd premium hynix memory currently carries though, it's nowhere near worth it for this type of build.
Overall, if you're looking to build a gaming focused build in the near future, I'd jump on this before Microcenter fixes their mistake.
Also, the MSI board has a faulty wake-on-lan BIOS setting. It doesn't wake when it's supposed to, wakes up when it's not supposed to, and the board incorrectly reports the device that woke it up (blames the power button for waking it up when it's something to do with the Realtek Ethernet card).
I'm going to return my bundle from last week and get this one with the ASUS board and slightly faster RAM than the kit offered last week.
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Also, the MSI board has a faulty wake-on-lan BIOS setting. It doesn't wake when it's supposed to, wakes up when it's not supposed to, and the board incorrectly reports the device that woke it up (blames the power button for waking it up when it's something to do with the Realtek Ethernet card).
I'm going to return my bundle from last week and get this one with the ASUS board and slightly faster RAM than the kit offered last week.
Going to return that on Friday and pick up this one.
The 7600x3d is only slightly slower than the 8-core 7800x3d in gaming, and is generally sufficient for literally any gpu weaker than a 4090 even at 1080p. While the newer 9800x3d (which goes for over $420 by itself) is around 15% faster, you're highly unlikely to ever notice the difference in real world use. It'll generally match or beat even intel's current gen flagship i9-285k in gaming. Having only 6-cores is still perfectly fine for the vast majority of games, though it is getting somewhat long in the tooth. The 7600x3d also remains one of the most power efficient desktop x86 cpus on the planet under load. The equivalent 7800x3d bundle with only mildly better gaming performance and a slightly better motherboard is $600, and the 9800x3d bundle with moderately better gaming performance is a whopping $700. Multithreaded performance is a weakness of the 7600x3d, not only does it have only 6-cores, but due to the thermal constraints of v-cache it has fairly low clocks for a zen-4 cpu. For the vast majority of user's this won't matter, it's more than fast enough for basic office productivity tasks and web browsing, but if you have cpu dependent heavily multithreaded productivity workloads (ex. transcoding, video editing, cp based ml inference, etc.) you should probably look elsewhere.
Motherboard specs: https://us.msi.com/Motherboard/B8...cification
The bundled motherboard seems to be decent considering the total price of the bundle. It uses the current gen midrange b850 chipset, has a pretty good 12(55a)+2+1 vrm, has a pcie gen5 m.2 slot, has acceptable overall io, and has wifi 6e & 2.5gb. While it does have several of the compromises you'd expect on a lower-midrange board, such as no pcie gen5 x16 slot, cheap realtek alc897 audio chip, and only 6-layer pcb, those features realistically won't make much of a difference for a gaming build. Pcie gen4 x16 is still more than sufficient for even a 5090, and is unlikely to be an issue for several years yet.
If you want a higher end board, you could upgrade to the ASUS B850-PLUS TUF Gaming Wifi Motherboard ( https://www.microcenter
The am5 socket is guaranteed to support at minimum one additional future generation of processors as a slot in upgrade (zen-6), with rumors that even the 2-gen in the future zen-7 cpus will be on am5. Intel's current socket is a dead end, the only upgrades on lga1851 will be arrow lake refresh.
The memory included in this bundle is pretty good, especially considering the ongoing ram apocalypse. Prices have literally quadrupled in the past few months, and are still expected to continue rising. Ddr5 6000 cl36 is a decent value sweetspot, better cas latency would be nice but realistically would have a negligible impact on performance while using an x3d cpu. It's likely using samsung memory chips, which are of acceptable quality but lack the extreme overclocking/tuning potential of hynix memory. Considering the absurd premium hynix memory currently carries though, it's nowhere near worth it for this type of build.
Overall, if you're looking to build a gaming focused build in the near future, I'd jump on this before Microcenter fixes their mistake.
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