AMD rumored to ready budget-friendly Ryzen 7 7700X3D for suffering gamers — chipmaker lowers clocks and price with new Zen 4 X3D CPU

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gg06civicsi@reddit

I’m on AM4 just thinking of when to jump ship

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venfare64@reddit

Might as well wait until AM6 imho, especially if you already have 5700X3D. >!unless you believe that jump ship to AM5 now is cheaper than waiting for AM6!<

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greggm2000@reddit

AM6 will be 2030 or even 2031, with Zen 8. Some will wait that long, but most probably won't.

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Vb_33@reddit

Sometime after Zen 6 launches for desktop which will probably be late this year or H1 2027.

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tomchee@reddit

Its still fkn ddr5. Will help noone.

Ppl who may buy ryzen 7000 cant afford ddr5, and the ones who can afford ddr5 definitely want 9000s already. (Especially because even 9000 is not new anymore)

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trackdaybruh@reddit

This is for people who already own a DDR5 system but want to upgrade

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trackdaybruh@reddit

Any CPU with a performance that is below a 7700x3D

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XN8DY8VBMU4E3DP4LXBT@reddit

For someone on a ddr5 system, that pretty much leaves the 7600/7700 no? Hardly an upgrade. At that point, just sell and go for a 5800X3D

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trackdaybruh@reddit

that pretty much leaves the 7600/7700 no? Hardly an upgrade.

7700, 7600, 7500, and also don't forget the Intel CPUs since they started using DDR5 since the 12th gen.

The x3d is a significant upgrade gaming wise from a lot of CPUs below it.

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tomchee@reddit

im quite certain, that all those ppl that wanted x3d, from the CPU-s that you just mentioned, have already upgraded to atleast 7800x3d - available under $300 to begin with. They have had 3 years.

so no not even upgrade path is makes sense at this point.

Unless there are a handful naive stoneheads that were expecting 7700x3d at some point for under $200, which i garantee wont happen. (and never even been expected lol )

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trackdaybruh@reddit

It definitely depends on the pricing for sure, but AMD apparently saw the market demand for this CPU so the only thing we can do is speculate how it will do until it's actually released

Microcenter still sells the 7800x3D + 32GB DDR5 + B650E motherboard bundle for $599.99, so this 7700x3D has to be significantly cheaper to make folks pick this over the 7800x3d.

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tomchee@reddit

well i can agree on that one. They must make it a bargain.

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ResponsibleTruck4717@reddit

Even when you can afford the prices are ridiculous high to the point I don't even want to pay it.

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K33P4D@reddit

8C/16T | 4.0-4.5Ghz | 96 MB L3 | 120W | \~400$

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Tonkarz@reddit

This article doesn’t mention what socket this CPU uses? Was it written by AI?

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kimi_rules@reddit

It's common knowledge, are you new here?

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Middcore@reddit

It would be absolutely insane if it used anything but AM5 given the name.

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tomchee@reddit

Let him off the hook. Dude must have been, grown up with intel :D

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The128thByte@reddit

I mean it’s pretty easy to figure out that if it’s a 7700x3D that it’ll use the same socket as 7700x. So, AM5.

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Loose_Skill6641@reddit

people are asking for GPUs so AMD: here is a new cpu

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ExplodingFistz@reddit

They will do anything but bring back the 5700x3d

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SoilMassive6850@reddit

Honestly I'm not sure who's in the market for a budget PC build at the moment outside of the used market (and likely DDR4).

I mean obviously it's just consumer psychology but I'd have a hard time justifying something like a 400€ 32GB DDR5 kit to pair with budget hardware while it would feel less painful if it was an extra 300€ on an already high end build.

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gahlo@reddit

People lucky enough to live near a Microcenter and take advantage of the bundles to absorb the RAM bullshit. That's basically it.

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DudethatCooks@reddit

There is no such thing as a budget PC at this moment with ram prices at what they are.

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animeman59@reddit

That was his point.

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specn0de@reddit

Cheapest I could build for my buddy recently without it being absolutely shit was about $1200

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uncanny_mac@reddit

y'all are complaning but i'm actually intruegued...

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Dr_Valen@reddit

The 7700x3d is still am5. People have been telling them what we need a new 5800x3d or 5700x3d but AMD seems to be allergic to making money man

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TophxSmash@reddit

they have no reason to make DIY chips if it was about making money.

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GenericUser1983@reddit

AMD has already announced that they will be releasing a special 5800x3d 10th anniversery (of socket Am4) edition soon.

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jigsaw1024@reddit

It will be limited edition, which translates to either original MSRP or higher, and the stock will be limited so it won't last long and sell out at full price so they don't have to do any discounting down the line.

Wouldn't be surprised if it's a batch of 5800X3Ds that were kicking around in inventory that hadn't been packaged yet, and seeing the demand for AM4 still being fairly strong they decided to go this route to clear out and cash in on FOMO.

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Dr_Valen@reddit

A 10th anniversary edition doesn’t get my hopes up it’ll be affordable ngl

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IANVS@reddit

Gamers don't suffer from the lack of CPUs (yet), but GPUs. AMD punched a fist size hole in gamers' pocket and thinks it can patch it with a single staple...

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Lumentum_LITE@reddit

Also, DDR5 is still through the roof, so just to run a CPU even if you already has it is gonna be painful AF

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Frexxia@reddit

CPU pricing is the least problematic thing about current PC hardware

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Loose_Skill6641@reddit

pitty the 7800x3d isn't going to render games at high fps cause we got no gpu amd

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