I've seen it in stock in the past so keep checking, it's pretty popular. With the pandemic and all, supply chains everywhere are under stress so restocks are probably spotty.Has anyone heard when the Ryzen 5 1600 AF (Zen+ 12nm) CPU will be available in the US? I've been trying to help a friend find one on either NewEgg or Amazon, but it's been out of stock lately.
FYI, AMD does not "create" new 1600 AFs.Has anyone heard when the Ryzen 5 1600 AF (Zen+ 12nm) CPU will be available in the US? I've been trying to help a friend find one on either NewEgg or Amazon, but it's been out of stock lately.
Check Walmart...they got 5 in stock still. So hurry!Has anyone heard when the Ryzen 5 1600 AF (Zen+ 12nm) CPU will be available in the US? I've been trying to help a friend find one on either NewEgg or Amazon, but it's been out of stock lately.
LOL...I clicked back to the link and they got 5 again, but now at $168! I'm pretty sure price changes with hits on a lot of these things. Maybe tomorrow morning it will be back down.drea.drechsler I just checked, and I only see one unit in stock, and unfortunately it's being sold by a 3rd party on Walmart's site for $135. The normal price of the R5 1600 AF chip is $85 USD. For $135 I would probably steer my friend to upgrade her budget to $172 and buy the R5 3600 directly from Amazon. But I thank you for the tip, as it keeps me hopeful. I will continue to vigilantly search online today, and I've turned email alerts "on" for this thread. Thank you so very much.
I think at this points, the Ryzen 3 3300X for $120 is a better buy over the Ryzen 5 1600 AF or 2600, because it's as fast per core as the R7 3700x. The only reason to get the 1600 AF or 2600 is if you actually have a need for extra cores/threads. The R3 3300X is basically just an i7 7700K in performance and that CPU is still very good for high fps gaming. Most games coming to PC in the next 1-2 years probably won't even need more than 8 CPU threads anyway. If a game does need more threads, you could upgrade to a Ryzen 4000 series 12-16 thread CPU for much less than the initial CPU release prices.Ryzen 5 1600 AF is now available on Amazon from official 3rd party seller AMD, albeit at a $20 premium. However, please keep in mind that the Ryzen 5 3600 is only $62 more. I'd probably just go for the 3600, unless money was tight.
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 (YD1600BBAFBOX)
$104.99
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XTQZJ2...olid=2E863IC0KL4RY&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it
AMD Ryzen 5 3600
167.00
https://www.amazon.com/AMD-Ryzen-3600-12-Thread-Processor/dp/B07STGGQ18/