If you're building a new PC, AMD's Ryzen 3700X is probably the best CPU value around this black Friday tech deals season and the top Ryzen Black Friday deal .
Rakuten is selling the Ryzen 7 3700X, which is the top value on our list of best CPUs, for just $290 when you use code BF20. That's the lowest price we've ever seen for the Ryzen 7 3700X, which has a combination of 8 cores and 16 threads to go with its 4.4 GHz boost clock speed. The 65-watt processor comes with a Wraith Prism RGB cooler that adds a touch of style to your build.
Ryzen 7 3700X: was $350, now $290 @Rakuten
Use Rakuten's BF20 to get it at this price. The best gaming CPU value is the lowest price we've ever seen it. This 65-watt processor has 8 cores, 16 threads and a maximum rated boost clock of 4.4 GHz. View Deal
Earlier, we reported that the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X , has hit an all-time low price of $329, which is an all-time low for it. The 3800X is more powerful, with a base clock of 3.9 MHz, a boost clock of 4.5 MHz and a TDP of 105 watts. However, it has the same number of threads and cores as the 3700X.
In our review of the AMD Ryzen 3700X , we noted that it returned gaming frame rates that were around 20 percent higher than its direct predecessor, the Ryzen 7 2700X. It also provides great productivity performance, often matching or exceeding Intel's Core i7-9700K. And on rendering and encoding tasks, it usually comes out ahead.
If you're looking for a different processor, check out our best Black Friday CPU deals or Best Ryzen Deals pages. For AMD fans, we've also got a list of the best Radeon deals .