If you’re looking to build a PC for Christmas or looking to upgrade your old system, now is a great time to do so. AMD processors, the Ryzen 5000 series, based on the Zen 3 architecture, and the Ryzen 7000 series, based on the Zen 4 architecture, are now on sale for the cheapest price ever (Buy links below). These chips are compatible with Windows 11, which means you won’t have to worry about the strict requirements of the operating system.

While the Ryzen 5000 and Socket AM4 certainly offer much better value compared to the Ryzen 7000, the latter is on the newer AM5 platform, which means you get the latest features like DDR5 support, PCIe 5.0 support. Another very important thing to remember is that the Ryzen 5000 series processors, except for the G 5000 series processors, require a dedicated discrete GPU for the display output. However, Ryzen 7000 comes with 2CU RDNA 2 integrated graphics.

Get AMD Ryzen at the links below:

Ryzen 9 5950X (16 cores/32 threads) (list price: $799): $496.99 (Amazon US) ; $496.99 (Newegg US)

Ryzen 9 5950X

• architecture: strain 3
• L2 cache: 8MB, L3 cache: 64MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.9GHz, Base clock: 3.4GHz
• Default TDP: 105W
• Thermal solution (PIB): not included

Ryzen 9 5900X (12 cores/24 threads) (list price: $549): $340 (Amazon US) ; $347.49 (Newegg US)

Ryzen 9 5900X

• architecture: strain 3
• L2 cache: 6MB, L3 cache: 64MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.8GHz, Base clock: 3.7GHz
• Default TDP: 105W
• thermal solution (PIB): not included

Ryzen 7 5800X3D (8 cores/16 threads) (list price: $449): $339.99 (Amazon US) ; $357.98 (Newegg US)

• architecture: Zen 3D (Zen 3 with V-cache)
• L2 cache: 4MB, L3 cache: 96MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.5GHz, Base clock: 3.4GHz
• Default TDP: 105W
• thermal solution (PIB): not included

Ryzen 7 5800X (8 cores/16 threads) (list price: $449): $249.00 (Amazon USA) ; $236.99 (Newegg US)

Ryzen 7 5800X

• architecture: strain 3
• L2 cache: 4MB, L3 cache: 32MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.7GHz, Base clock: 3.8GHz
• Default TDP: 105W
• thermal solution (PIB): not included

Ryzen 7 5700X (8 cores/16 threads) (list price: $299): $199.96 (Amazon US) ; $199.96 (Newegg US)

Ryzen 7 5800X

• architecture: strain 3
• L2 cache: 4MB, L3 cache: 32MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.6GHz, Base clock: 3.4GHz
• Default TDP: 105W
• thermal solution (PIB): not included

Ryzen 5 5600X (6 cores/12 threads) (list price: $299): $159.00 (Amazon USA) ; $163.98 (Newegg US)

Ryzen 5 5600X

• architecture: strain 3
• L2 cache: 3MB, L3 cache: 32MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.6GHz, Base clock: 3.7GHz
• Default TDP: 65W
• thermal solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth

Ryzen 5 5600 (6 cores/12 threads) (list price: $199): $136.99 (Amazon US)

Ryzen 5 5600

• architecture: strain 3
• L2 cache: 3MB, L3 cache: 32MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.4GHz, Base clock: 3.5GHz
• Default TDP: 65W
• thermal solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth

Ryzen 7 5700G (8 cores/16 threads) (list price: $359): $178.61 (Amazon US) ; $189.99 (Newegg US)

Ryzen 7 5700G

• architecture: strain 3
• L2 cache: 4MB, L3 cache: 16MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.6GHz, Base clock: 3.8GHz
• integrated graphics: Vega 8
• Graphic watch: 1900 MHz
• Default TDP: 65W
• thermal solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth

Ryzen 5 5600G (6 cores/12 threads) (list price: $259): $105.73 (Amazon US)

Ryzen 5 5600G

• architecture: strain 3

• L2 cache: 3MB, L3 cache: 16MB
• Max clock boost: up to 4.4GHz, Base clock: 3.9GHz
• integrated graphics: Vega 7
• Graphic watch: 2000 MHz
• Default TDP: 65W
• thermal solution (PIB): Wraith Stealth

Sales on SSD drives, including NVMe drivesFor boot drives as well CMR-based hard drives for NAS and Plexare also live in case you are looking for storage options.

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