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frontpagekhronos posted Jul 14, 2026 7:40 AM
+ Free Pickup Onlyat Micro Center
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Micro Center has AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4GHz Desktop Processor (100-100000651PO) on sale for $299.99. Select free store pickup only where stock permits.
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Note, product/availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to community member khronos for finding this deal
Note, product/availability for store pickup may vary by location.
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Written by Discombobulated | Staff- About the Deal
- The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is the ultimate gaming processor on any DDR4 platform.
- Heatsink is not included w/ this desktop processor
- Thermal solution sold separately
- Limit 1 per household
- Offer valid while promotional price/supplies last
- Additional Details
- Product is eligible for return within 15 days of purchase
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Micro Center has AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 3.4GHz Desktop Processor (100-100000651PO) on sale for $299.99. Select free store pickup only where stock permits.
Thanks to community member khronos for finding this deal
Note, product/availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Thanks to community member khronos for finding this deal
Note, product/availability for store pickup may vary by location.
Editor's Notes
Written by Discombobulated | Staff- About the Deal
- The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D is the ultimate gaming processor on any DDR4 platform.
- Heatsink is not included w/ this desktop processor
- Thermal solution sold separately
- Limit 1 per household
- Offer valid while promotional price/supplies last
- Additional Details
- Product is eligible for return within 15 days of purchase
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AMD finally reintroduced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D at Computex 2026, more than four years after it originally launched in a bid to combat rising DDR5 prices. Despite the re-release looking like a simple product spin-up, AMD's David McAfee, VP and general manager of Radeon and Ryzen, says that "a whole body of engineering work" went into the re-release, as the original bonding process TSMC used for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was no longer available.
"It's not as simple as just bringing back the 5800X3D," McAfee said. "The original stacking process that was used at TSMC changed when we went from first-gen to second-gen cache, so we had to re-engineer that product, and there actually was a fair amount of development that went into bringing back the 5800X3D."
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D used TSMC's SoIC or System-on-Integrated-Chips hybrid bonding technology. It uses a combination of "hot" and "cold" bonding to marry two pieces of silicon together, which then share power with through-silicon vias (TSV). Fundamentally, this connection hasn't changed over the course of 3D V-Cache's existence, but it has evolved. With the move to Ryzen 7000, AMD had to make some changes to the 3D V-Cache design, which it then carried forward with Ryzen 9000.
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also they are a business. Their goal isn't to break even so it doesn't matter if it "already paid for itself"
This chip has already paid for itself; its engineering and development.
With the AI gpu and memory crunch they could have really gained a lot of goodwill in the PC gamers community if they had listed it at $199. People would be ecstatic to update at $150 their AM4 with 32GB ram to avoid the new PC AI premium gouge.
No R&D or marketing necessary for the 5800x3d, but AMD chose to go for the jugular. Fart the goodwill.
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This chip has already paid for itself; its engineering and development.
With the AI gpu and memory crunch they could have really gained a lot of goodwill in the PC gamers community if they had listed it at $199. People would be ecstatic to update at $150 their AM4 with 32GB ram to avoid the new PC AI premium gouge.
No R&D or marketing necessary for the 5800x3d, but AMD chose to go for the jugular. Fart the goodwill.
AMD finally reintroduced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D at Computex 2026, more than four years after it originally launched in a bid to combat rising DDR5 prices. Despite the re-release looking like a simple product spin-up, AMD's David McAfee, VP and general manager of Radeon and Ryzen, says that "a whole body of engineering work" went into the re-release, as the original bonding process TSMC used for the Ryzen 7 5800X3D was no longer available.
"It's not as simple as just bringing back the 5800X3D," McAfee said. "The original stacking process that was used at TSMC changed when we went from first-gen to second-gen cache, so we had to re-engineer that product, and there actually was a fair amount of development that went into bringing back the 5800X3D."
The Ryzen 7 5800X3D used TSMC's SoIC or System-on-Integrated-Chips hybrid bonding technology. It uses a combination of "hot" and "cold" bonding to marry two pieces of silicon together, which then share power with through-silicon vias (TSV). Fundamentally, this connection hasn't changed over the course of 3D V-Cache's existence, but it has evolved. With the move to Ryzen 7000, AMD had to make some changes to the 3D V-Cache design, which it then carried forward with Ryzen 9000.
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also they are a business. Their goal isn't to break even so it doesn't matter if it "already paid for itself"
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look at it this way: tuck that 300 dollars away toward your next build am5 build.
look at it this way: tuck that 300 dollars away toward your next build am5 build.
It also gives AMD and option if DDR5 prices continue to rise at a much faster rate than DDR4. At some point it might actually become a better value for someone to purchase an entirely new AM4 system than an AM5 one, simply due to memory pricing and/or shortages. If DDR5 becomes an impractical option for consumers, AMD will have CPUs you can purchase.
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I am not sure what RAM and HDD prices will be in a year, or even 2 and do not care, just gonna do it, and sleep like a baby
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