AMD 9800X3D, the best gaming CPU, on sale for just $472 with a free 1TB NVMe SSD

AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor is currently the best gaming CPU in the world, and it is currently up for sale for a great price (purchase link under the specs list below). AMD's main rival in the processor market, Intel, is also having discounts at the moment on the Core i5-14600K and 12600K for less than $200 so have a look at those if you don't have the budget for a 9800X3D.

Built on the Zen 5 microarchitecture, AMD's 9000X3D desktop processors including the 9800X3D feature 2nd Gen 3D V-cache. The performance of the processor is top-notch. Neowin reviewed the 9950X3D which is also based on the same architecture and found that the 9000X3D part was consistently ahead of the previous gen 7950X3D in almost everything except efficiency, and we already know how good the 7000 series (Zen 4) was, as it was already beating Intel.

The technical specifications of the Ryzen 9800X3D are given below:

• Architecture: Zen 5 with 2nd Gen AMD 3D V-Cache™ technology
• Process Technology: TSMC 4nm FinFET manufacturing process
• Core Count: 8 cores
• Thread Count: 16 threads
• Base Clock Frequency: 4.7 GHz
• Max Boost Clock Frequency: 5.2 GHz
• Total Cache: 8 MB + 96 MB (L2 + L3)
• Thermal Design Power (TDP): 120W
• PCI Express Version: PCIe 5.0 28 lanes (usable: 24)
• Overclocking: Unlocked for overclocking
• TjMax: 95 C
• Platform Socket: AM5
• Memory capacity support: max 192 GB DDR5

• Memory Speed: 2x1R DDR5-5600, 2x2R DDR5-5600, 4x1R DDR5-3600, 4x2R DDR5-3600

Get the AMD Ryzen 9800X3D below:

AMD RYZEN 7 9800X3D 8-Core, 16-Thread Desktop Processor: $441.94 (Shipped and Sold by Amazon US) || $472.02 (Shipped and Sold Newegg US + free 1TB Kingston NV3 NVMe SSD)

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