News AMD Ryzen 9 7900 Drops to New Low Price of $369

[Admin]

The AMD Ryzen 9 7900 has dropped to a new low price of just $369 over at eBay and includes a full warranty along with a stock cooler.

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[healthy Pro-teen]

Why no X3D CPUs in the chart🤔 Other than that seems like a good deal.

 

[baboma]

>Other than that seems like a good deal.

Not really. The reason this part dropped is because the i7-13700 dropped first to $350. 13700 outperforms 7900 on multi-core perf, as well as being able to use cheaper DDR4.

Intel Core i7 13700 vs AMD Ryzen 9 7900: performance comparison

We compared Intel Core i7 13700 (2.1 GHz) against AMD Ryzen 9 7900 (3.7 GHz) in games and benchmarks. Find out which CPU has better performance.

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The i7-13700 is slightly more expensive than 13600K ($350 vs $319), but performs better and runs cooler (read: more power efficient), thanks to the lower base clock and 65W PL1.

Intel Core i7 13700 vs i5 13600K: performance comparison

We compared Intel Core i7 13700 (2.1 GHz) against i5 13600K (3.5 GHz) in games and benchmarks. Find out which CPU has better performance.

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Pair the 13700 w/ B660M Aorus Elite AX board for $130 for a relatively cheap but high-performing productivity platform.

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

The 5800X3D is cheaper and faster in games, and the platform is cheaper, so...why recommend the 7900 at all right now for gaming?

 

[baboma]

>The 5800X3D is cheaper and faster in games, and the platform is cheaper, so...why recommend the 7900 at all right now for gaming?

I don't think the writer was recommending it for gaming; she just grabbed some benchmark pics off a THW review and they happened to be for games. 7900 as a 12-core isn't ideal for gaming anyway.

At its $326 current price, neither is the 5800X3D. As I've said elsewhere, at the low/mid-range, it's better to put the money into a higher-tier GPU rather than paying the ~$200 premium for X3D CPU.

I'd prefer the $110 i3-13100 for low-end game box, but if you want to stick with AMD, 5600 at $140 and putting the $186 difference into a better GPU is still a way better deal than 5800X3D + cheaper GPU.

 

[qwertymac93]

Hey Ash, you seem to have used two charts which show the same data; it may be more useful to change one to show other relevant information (such as power consumption or rendering performance). 🙂

 

[helper800]

>The 5800X3D is cheaper and faster in games, and the platform is cheaper, so...why recommend the 7900 at all right now for gaming?

I don't think the writer was recommending it for gaming; she just grabbed some benchmark pics off a THW review and they happened to be for games. 7900 as a 12-core isn't ideal for gaming anyway.

At its $326 current price, neither is the 5800X3D. As I've said elsewhere, at the low/mid-range, it's better to put the money into a higher-tier GPU rather than paying the ~$200 premium for X3D CPU.

I'd prefer the $110 i3-13100 for low-end game box, but if you want to stick with AMD, 5600 at $140 and putting the $186 difference into a better GPU is still a way better deal than 5800X3D + cheaper GPU.

4-core 8 thread CPUs are typically bad for 1% and 0.1% lows. I recommend at least a 12400f. Usually 50 dollars does not get you a next tier graphics card past 400 dollars anyways. It entirely depends on needs and how long you expect the PC to give you the performance you want. I agree with the sentiment though.