You’re definitely in for a bit of luck if you’re looking for GPUs right now. The AMD RX 7900 XT and GRE, as well as the Radeon RX 7700 XT, are now selling for great prices. However, you may be looking for a full system upgrade and AMD has got you covered here as well. This is because the Ryzen 16-core 5950X and 12-core 5900X are also attractively priced. The latter reached an all-time low (Buy links below).
The AMD Ryzen 5900X is a 12-core processor and can be a great new processor to build your system around or as an amazing upgrade over the 6-core or 8-core Ryzen you have. Of course, you have to be careful about the motherboard you have, but generally speaking, most $100+ motherboard VRM (voltage regulator module) parts should be able to handle the 12 cores in the 5900X. At $262, the Ryzen 5900X is currently the cheapest ever making it a must-buy.
However, its bigger brother, the Ryzen 9 5950X, is not the lowest priced product at the moment. If you’re looking for more performance than the 5900X can offer, the extra four cores can certainly help. However, the extra cores also mean it requires more juice and hence, you should have a motherboard that ideally costs at least $130-150.
Get the Ryzen 5950X and 5900X at the links below:
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AMD Ryzen 9 5900X – Ryzen 9 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 12 cores 3.7 GHz Socket AM4 105W without integrated graphics processor – 100-100000061WOF: $261.99 (Newegg US) || $264.99 (Amazon US)
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X – Ryzen 9 5000 Series Vermeer (Zen 3) 16 cores 3.4 GHz Socket AM4 105W without desktop integrated graphics processor – 100-100000059WOF: $369 (Amazon US) || $369 (Newegg US)
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