AMD Zen 5 CPU has dropped to a staggeringly low price — Ryzen 5 9600X now just $189, even includes a free 512GB SSD

[Admin]

AMD's Zen 5 Ryzen 5 9600X paired with a free 512GB Patriot P300 M.2 SSD for just $189.

AMD Zen 5 CPU has dropped to a staggeringly low price — Ryzen 5 9600X now just $189, even includes a free 512GB SSD : Read more

 

[rluker5]

Or for $10 more you could switch that SSD for an AIO CPU cooler and some games and have the same gaming performance, but with 30-40% more productivity performance: https://www.newegg.com/intel-core-i...-1700-desktop-cpu-processor/p/N82E16819118470 from the same store.

Edit: I don't know why Toms has so many one sided product advertisements as "deals" when the omitted other brand has better deal. The author just kept quiet about a better CPU for $200 that comes with $185 in bonus stuff from the same etailer.

 

[King_V]

Nobody at Tom's is plotting against [brand you don't prefer] in favor of [brand you do prefer].

 

[thestryker]

Edit: I don't know why Toms has so many one sided product advertisements as "deals" when the omitted other brand has better deal. The author just kept quiet about a better CPU for $200 that comes with $185 in bonus stuff from the same etailer.

The deals they put up are random and typically only carry one product. I wouldn't be surprised if future had some sort of ad quota so they pick a good one and post it. I'm not sure how they do them, but I'm certain it's not some intentional thing.

You've done your part by posting a better deal (at least today speaking as AM5 is very likely to have Zen 6 support) in the article forum post.

 

[lmcnabney]

This is a sign that because of GPU prices people aren't building as many PCs and AMD has a glut of CPUs now.

 

[rluker5]

You've done your part by posting a better deal (at least today speaking as AM5 is very likely to have Zen 6 support) in the article forum post.

Is buying 2 CPUs in 3 years really a better deal than buying one for 5? 6c12t is the new 4c8t in terms of longevity. Sure it is fine today but why buy something with imminent need and mechanisms in place for replacement when you can buy something that will last longer for basically the same price?

If you are looking to buy something cheap for now to upgrade later the performance isn't much worse with a 12400f+ Huananzhi mobo + Silicon Power 32 GB 3200 DDR4 for $203 combined from Newegg right now. (Even meets all W11 requirements for those who have daughters clinging to their old Haswell hand me downs.) The platform costs on that are less than the resale losses of the 9600x in a few years if you just threw the platform in the trash.

 

[thestryker]

Is buying 2 CPUs in 3 years really a better deal than buying one for 5? 6c12t is the new 4c8t in terms of longevity. Sure it is fine today but why buy something with imminent need and mechanisms in place for replacement when you can buy something that will last longer for basically the same price?

Outside of multithreaded there isn't much of a difference between the 9600X and 14600K. That means both CPUs run into the same issue as time passes in every other workload. On the AMD side the CPU can be upgraded to something faster (and presumably more power efficient) than Intel can.

Now if someone was buying with the intent to just use the machine without changing anything going forward for a couple of generations I'd point at Intel every time. However if upgrading sooner is on the table there's no doubt that a drop in CPU upgrade is an advantage.

If you are looking to buy something cheap for now to upgrade later the performance isn't much worse with a 12400f+ Huananzhi mobo + Silicon Power 32 GB 3200 DDR4 for $203 combined from Newegg right now.

I cannot imagine you seriously think a DDR4 platform with poor power delivery is a great base to drop a more powerful processor in down the line as that would be flat out stupid. Performance of the 12400F is significantly worse than the 9600X except for multithreaded where it's only a little worse. If you're suggesting buy a bandaid now and toss the whole thing when you want to upgrade that's also stupid for a multitude of reasons.

 

[dmitche31958]

And only $300++ for the motherboard. LOL.

 

[Thunder64]

And only $300++ for the motherboard. LOL.

What are you talking about you can get plenty for half that.

 

[Marlin1975]

And only $300++ for the motherboard. LOL.

Plenty of great B850 boards for much less now.

 

[rluker5]

I cannot imagine you seriously think a DDR4 platform with poor power delivery is a great base to drop a more powerful processor in down the line as that would be flat out stupid. Performance of the 12400F is significantly worse than the 9600X except for multithreaded where it's only a little worse. If you're suggesting buy a bandaid now and toss the whole thing when you want to upgrade that's also stupid for a multitude of reasons.

Not as an upgrading platform, that motherboard is functional, nothing more. Good for a 65w chip. I was pointing out that this whole platform longevity argument to save money doesn't make as much sense as just saving the money in the first place. If you picked up that CPU, motherboard, ram combo you could also get a B580 for just the price of the 9600X+mobo+ram+SSD. And it would be a balanced bargain system that has decent all around performance for longer than AM5 will be current. Intel consumer may have MRDIMMs by then that are as much faster over AM5 DDR5 as AM5 DDR5 is over 3200 DDR4.

I just got a bit bargain purchase excited on that combo because my daughter is still using my old no longer supported by W10 4770k and I have nothing else in the house that remotely needs an upgrade.

 

[thestryker]

I was pointing out that this whole platform longevity argument to save money doesn't make as much sense as just saving the money in the first place.

This is a fallacy because you're getting a worse system you now have to live with. If you can afford a 9600X/14600K and that's what you're looking for it doesn't make sense to buy something worse.

Unless the workload is enough multithreaded there's no real difference between those two CPUs. That means platform advantages come into play and the only meaningful difference between the two there is that AMD has a CPU upgrade path better than that of Intel.

Intel consumer may have MRDIMMs by then that are as much faster over AM5 DDR5 as AM5 DDR5 is over 3200 DDR4.

No they won't.