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CyberPowerPC's SLC8500WST prebuilt pairs AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor with Nvidia's RTX 5080 Founders Edition graphics card, 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD, all for $2,299 at Walmart. The CPU and GPU alone typically cost over $2,000 when bought separately, making the bundled memory and storage essentially free by comparison.
AMD's newly released Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 are now available on Amazon, but both are selling for $20 more than AMD's suggested prices—$120 for the 5500F and $210 for the 7500. Notably, these listings come directly from Amazon as a first-party seller, not third-party markups, despite the chips officially launching nearly two weeks ago.
A hands-on reviewer tested the AOOSTAR WTR Pro Ryzen NAS as a compact host for FreeBSD, checking build quality, storage layout and BIOS settings. The metal chassis fits a 10-inch rack, offers numbered NVMe and SATA slots for four SATA drives plus internal NVMe storage, and ships with SecureBoot disabled, easing installation of a non-proprietary OS. The reviewer noted a noisy fan and some fiddliness mounting 2.5-inch SATA drives, but otherwise found the unit well suited to running FreeBSD rather than a vendor-locked NAS OS.
Reddit user Old-Mate-Fetus built a custom open-frame PC combining an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU and Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU with 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory. The standout feature is a steampunk-style copper liquid cooling loop, including a reservoir repurposed from an old Primus blowtorch, all mounted on a handmade antique wooden base with brass screws hiding the Corsair 850W SFX power supply.
A comparison of AMD's Ryzen 7 X3D processors from 2022 to 2024 (5800X3D, 7800X3D and 9800X3D) shows Geekbench 6 scores rising roughly 47% on single-core and 58% on multi-core tasks. Clock speed increases were modest, from 4.5 GHz to 5.2 GHz max boost, while transistor counts grew about 50%, from roughly 11 billion to 16 billion, mostly added to the processor core rather than cache.
Newegg is discounting its in-house ABS Stratos II Ruby prebuilt gaming desktop by $300, dropping it from $2,899.99 to $2,599.99. The machine pairs AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor with Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5070 Ti GPU, alongside 32GB of DDR5-6000 memory and a 2TB Gen 4 NVMe SSD.
Newegg is offering a two-item combo pairing AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D gaming CPU with an MSI MAG X870E Gaming Max Wifi motherboard for $578.99, down from $727.99. The deal also throws in a free Cooler Master Elite Liquid 240 AIO cooler worth $80, and the discount effectively makes this the cheapest way to get the 9800X3D.
A review of System76's Pangolin Pro laptop highlights its large glass trackpad, a basic 2-MP webcam, and an easily accessible chassis secured by nine visible screws that allows users to upgrade RAM, SSDs, and WiFi cards. The review also notes that AMD Ryzen chips still lack Coreboot support, meaning the laptop doesn't run fully open firmware, and praises the bundled Pop!_OS Linux with its Cosmic Desktop for a smooth daily-use experience.
Newegg is offering a high-end PC parts bundle combining AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 CPU, an 8TB Samsung 9100 Pro SSD, an MSI X870E Gaming Plus WiFi motherboard, and 32GB of V-Color DDR5-6000 memory for $2,999, down from a combined retail price of $4,288. The deal also throws in a free Cooler Master 240mm AIO cooler and a copy of Onimusha with qualifying AMD purchases. Buyers still need to add a case, power supply, and graphics card to complete the build.
Newegg is selling AMD's Ryzen 7 9850X3D, currently the top gaming CPU on the market, for $484, roughly $15 under its original launch price. The deal throws in a 240mm Cooler Master AIO liquid cooler worth $79.99 and a copy of Onimusha: Way of the Sword worth $69.99 at no extra cost. The chip, an upgraded version of the 9800X3D announced at CES 2026, keeps the same 8-core/16-thread design and 3D V-Cache but adds a higher boost clock for a modest gaming performance gain.
Newegg is offering a combo deal pairing AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor with an Asus TUF Gaming X870E-Plus motherboard and 32GB of Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5-6000 memory for $1,109.99. The package also throws in a 240mm Cooler Master AIO liquid cooler and a copy of Onimusha: Way of the Sword at no extra cost, saving buyers roughly $150 versus buying the parts separately.
An early Geekbench 7 submission attributed to Apple's unreleased A20 Pro chip shows single-core and multi-core scores of 4,006 and 11,460, roughly 23% and 27% higher than the A19 Pro. The result reportedly tops single-thread scores from AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D and Intel's Core i9-14900KS by 26% and 32% respectively.