AMD still lists the Ryzen 5 5500X3D as a LATAM part, but UK retailer PC Tec has now put the AM4 gaming CPU up for pre-order

Earlier this month, AMD launched the 6-core CPU called Ryzen 5 5500X3D in China. It was a surprising launch given that the architecure is at this point a few years old now and it was limited to one region at launch. It turns out that launch is still expanding as we speak.

AMD’s Ryzen 5 5500X3D, a processor the company still lists with regional availability set to LATAM, has now appeared at a UK retailer. PC Tec has published a product page for the chip at £179.99 , which suggests the part is at least reaching some channels outside the market AMD originally attached to it.

The listing is for an OEM tray version of the CPU, not a boxed retail part. PC Tec says estimated dispatch starts in the week commencing March 30, although the same page also currently shows the item as sold out. The store further claims the processor is “not sold by UK retailers” and available “only at PC Tec UK,” so this does not look like a broad UK launch at this stage.

Source: PC Tec

On paper, the Ryzen 5 5500X3D is a familiar late-cycle AM4 part. AMD lists it with 6 Zen 3 cores, 12 threads, up to 4.0 GHz boost, 96 MB of L3 cache, 105W TDP, and support for X570, X470, X370, B550, B450, B350, and A520 chipsets. AMD’s product page also shows a June 5, 2025 launch date and the same tray product ID, 100-000001504, that appears on the UK retailer listing.

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AMD already kept Socket AM4 alive longer than most desktop platforms, and X3D models such as the Ryzen 7 5700X3D helped extend that run even further. A UK retail appearance for the 5500X3D shows there is still room for lower-cost gaming upgrades on the aging platform, even if AMD has not updated its own regional availability page to reflect wider distribution.

Source: PC Tec

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