AMD Ryzen 9 3900X In Price Decline: Top Processor Reaches New Best Price

2023 Author: Sheila Hailey | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-08-25 04:29

The AMD Ryzen 9 3900X offers a total of 12 cores and a whopping 24 threads and effortlessly trumps Intel's top models when it comes to the number of cores. No wonder that the processor felt sold out everywhere within the first week after the market launch. This fact also made itself felt in the sales price of the processor. Due to the low availability, this rose further and reached its provisional high point on Black Friday.

In the meantime, the situation has relaxed considerably, so that potential customers can benefit from a lower selling price, as a look at the price trend shows. In the meantime, the chip is often on offer at some retailers for under 500 euros, but you can find the current best price at the hardware retailer Mindfactory. There, the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X costs just 489 euros.

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Insider tip: If you place your order between 0 a.m. and 6 a.m., you save the 8.99 euros in shipping costs that would normally be incurred if you ordered in the online shop. If you don't want to wait so long with your order, you can also find the processor on Amazon. There you pay 497.99 euros as a Prime member.

The technical specifications of the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X at a glance:

model	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X
CPU clock frequency (Boost)	3.8 GHz Boost: 4.6 GHz
Number of cores and threads	12 cores / 24 threads
Can I overclock?	Yes
Integrated graphics unit	No
TDP	105 watts
base	AT 4
CPU cooler included?	Yes
architecture	Zen 2
production	7 nm

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AMD Ryzen 9 3900X: Who is it worth buying?

12 cores and 24 threads - who needs that? If you only use your PC to play, you won't benefit much from the massive number of cores, that's right. But the top processor is also not intended for pure gamers. Instead, AMD primarily targets the streamers and creative minds who also want to use their computers for rendering videos or graphics, or for other computing-intensive programs.

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Good to know: AMD already includes a cooler for the Ryzen 9 3900X that is sufficient for everyday use. However, if you are thinking of overclocking the CPU, in the best case you should not only own a solid X570 board, but also have enough money for a potent cooler.

Watch AMD Ryzen 9 3900X at Mindfactory

With the Ryzen processors, AMD has managed to put Intel in a difficult situation:

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However, if you really only want to use your computer for gaming, you should take a look at AMD's current six-core, the Ryzen 5 3600. It costs significantly less than half, but offers good gaming performance and a convincing price-performance ratio.