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AMD's current top-end processor, the Ryzen 9 7950X, offers great performance but it is also expensive, with a launch price of $699 in the US, or £739.99 here in the UK. If you've been holding out for a sale before picking one of these up, then now is a great time to shop around, as AMD has quietly slashed the price down by over 20%. Other Ryzen 7000 series processors are also currently on sale.
Currently, you can grab the Ryzen 9 7950X for £599.99 from OCUK, Scan and Amazon here in the UK. Over in the US, sites like Newegg also have the chip at a discount, bringing the price down to $574.
If you need a refresher, you can see all the key specs for each new Ryzen processor in the table below:
| GRAPHICS MODEL | CORES | THREADS | MAX BOOST CLOCK | BASE CLOCK | TOTAL CACHE | PCIE VERSION | GRAPHICS CORE COUNT | DEFAULT TDP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X | AMD Radeon Graphics | 16 | 32 | Up to 5.7GHz | 4.5GHz | 80MB | Gen 5 | 2 | 170W |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X | AMD Radeon Graphics | 12 | 24 | Up to 5.6GHz | 4.7GHz | 76MB | Gen 5 | 2 | 170W |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700X | AMD Radeon Graphics | 8 | 16 | Up to 5.4GHz | 4.5GHz | 40MB | Gen 5 | 2 | 105W |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X | AMD Radeon Graphics | 6 | 12 | Up to 5.3GHz | 4.7Ghz | 38MB | Gen 5 | 2 | 105W |
AMD's other Ryzen 7000 processors are also seeing decent price cuts this week. The Ryzen 9 7900X is down to £479.99, the Ryzen 7 7700X is down to £359.99 and the Ryzen 5 7600X is down to £259.99. That extra money will go a long way towards picking up a decent AM5 motherboard, or upgrading to DDR5 memory.
We've reached out to AMD and this is a limited-time sale, so eventually, prices will go back up again.
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KitGuru Says: Are you planning on picking up some PC upgrades during the sales over the next few weeks? Are you going to be picking up a Ryzen 7000 CPU?
