It's only been a few months since the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X launched with an MSRP of $499, but despite the chip's popularity, the price has already come down by $80, one of the best tech deals on a CPU right now. It's selling for $420 at Amazon , Walmart and B&H . This is after the chip was almost unobtainable around launch .
AMD Ryzen 9 3900X : was $499, now $420 @ Amazon
With 12 cores and 24 threads, the AMD Ryzen 9 3900X is a beat of a CPU, now coming in at a more reasonable price than ever. If the 3950X is still too expensive for you at $750 for 16 cores, the 3900X offers much higher performance per dollar.
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In our AMD Ryzen 9 3900X review , we praised the performance offered in heavily threaded applications. With 12 CPU cores running at a base clock of 3.8 GHz and a max boost clock of up to 4.6 GHz, the 3900X packs a significant punch that'll come in handy during video editing or other highly threaded workloads. In addition, an improved architecture over its predecessor proved beneficial for gaming.
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