The Ryzen 7 5800X receives discounts of up to $ 150, selling for $ 300

Intel Alder Lake-S CPUs hit the market just two days ago, and this was enough for some companies to realize that AMD Ryzen 5000s need a price cut.

In the US, MicroCenter is among the first to lower the price of “Vermeer” CPUs. The Ryzen 5 5600X, which is a 6-core, 12-thread CPU, is now priced at $ 280, with this having a price reduction of $ 30 (from the ORIGINAL price). However, there is an even better deal with the 8-core Ryzen 7 5800X that put it at $ 300, a price cut of $ 150, it was around $ 450, original launch price.

In Newegg something similar happened, the Ryzen 7 5800X was lowered to 385, 65 dollars discount.

It is not clear if this price reduction is temporary or if it will apply generally. So far, AMD has not made any announcements about the availability of its CPUs at a lower price. With these prices things change, and the 5800X as the 5600X would be left with a lower core-dollar ratio than the Intel Core i5-12600K, which offers 10 cores (6 large + 4 small).

For now, the price reduction is not widespread among US businesses or throughout the world. In Europe, the Ryzen 7 5800X is still priced at 377 EUR and no one has information on price changes.

Intel has yet to release its non-K series, which will be in the minus $ 300 price segment. Processors like the Core i5-12400F can cost around $ 160, and these could put a lot of pressure on AMD CPUs.

AMD has the advantage of a relatively cheap AM4 platform, while Intel’s 12 series requires a new motherboard, and if you don’t get one with DDR4 up to the memory you’ll have to change, the Cooler and so on …

Source: Videocardz