News Two U.S retailers list AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs ahead of launch — prices range from $484 to $525.

[Admin]

Early AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D pricing is appearing from select retailers.

Two U.S retailers list AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPUs ahead of launch — prices range from $484 to $525. : Read more

 

[tennis2]

I'm getting more than a little annoyed by the fact that there are almost no [new] mobos available at AMD CPU launches. Not to mention they hold the B-series mobo launches for 3-6 months after the current gen CPU launch.

Sure, this gen there aren't many mobo improvements, and CPU-less BIOS flash is a thing, and whatnot. But that doesn't excuse this behavior.

These "soft" launches can't be helping AMDs image. Sure, you garner praise from reviews, but hardly anyone can buy them at launch (which is the time period they're cost-inflated for more profiteering). Then you let the pot cool for ~4-6months before broad availability and price normalization kicks in.

 

[helper800]

I'm getting more than a little annoyed by the fact that there are almost no [new] mobos available at AMD CPU launches. Not to mention they hold the B-series mobo launches for 3-6 months after the current gen CPU launch.

Sure, this gen there aren't many mobo improvements, and CPU-less BIOS flash is a thing, and whatnot. But that doesn't excuse this behavior.

These "soft" launches can't be helping AMDs image. Sure, you garner praise from reviews, but hardly anyone can buy them at launch (which is the time period they're cost-inflated for more profiteering). Then you let the pot cool for ~4-6months before broad availability and price normalization kicks in.

Having new motherboards at the launch of a new set of CPUs is meaningless if the features are similar and the CPU socket is the same and BIOS flashback features are nearly universal. This is especially true if the "new" boards were to cost the same or more than the "old" ones. Seems like a huge nothing-burger complaint.

 

[vinay2070]

This will probably cost 900AUD! WTH! I paid 600 for my 7800X3D with a free crap game.

This is why we need competition.

 

[-Fran-]

I'm getting more than a little annoyed by the fact that there are almost no [new] mobos available at AMD CPU launches. Not to mention they hold the B-series mobo launches for 3-6 months after the current gen CPU launch.

Sure, this gen there aren't many mobo improvements, and CPU-less BIOS flash is a thing, and whatnot. But that doesn't excuse this behavior.

These "soft" launches can't be helping AMDs image. Sure, you garner praise from reviews, but hardly anyone can buy them at launch (which is the time period they're cost-inflated for more profiteering). Then you let the pot cool for ~4-6months before broad availability and price normalization kicks in.

This is something I've been talking to some folks about as well. AMD kind of dropped the ball by keeping the same Prom21 for the refresh instead of giving us something better. Like, literally, just make the uplink PCIe5 since the CPU can do PCIe downling, but the chipset can't. AMD just doesn't want to upgrade the chipset and the rebrand is all we're getting. Intel's Z890 platform looks quite nice and impressive. USB4 won't be enough to bridge the platform gap. CPU performance not widthstanding.

Now, as for motherboard availability, I'll have to disagree there: there's plenty of X670(E)/B650(E) and X870(E) boards available. Some actually with nice discounts, so the price of entry to the AM5 platform is very low now, which is good. I'm moving up from AM4 and 5900X to AM5 with, hopefully, a dual VCache'd CCD variant. I got a meme board (Strix X870E-E) because I like USB. I had zero issues with getting what I wanted and I had plenty options as well.

Regards.