Proving that it’s not just Intel CPUs that get included in bundle bargains these days, Newegg has a fantastic AMD Ryzen 7800X3D deal going at the moment, which not only enables you to pick up this chip for just $369.99 ($80 lower than Newegg’s list price), but you also get a free 1TB Team Group SSD with it. It’s a decent PCIe 4.0 drive as well, which is faster than older PCIe 3.0 drives, and way quicker than older SATA SSDs.
Importantly, you also get one of our favorite processors in this bundle. We gave this chip a score of 9/10 in our AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D review when it was released, and while it’s since been superseded by the new 9800X3D, the cheaper price of the 7800X3D means it still has a strong place on our guide to buying the best gaming CPU. That’s all thanks to this CPU’s huge slice of AMD 3D V-cache that sits on top of the CPU cores, and massively improves gaming performance.
We’ve seen the price of this chip fluctuate a fair bit over the last few months. Following a supply shortage after the launch of the new AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, we saw prices of over $500 being listed for the 7800X3D earlier this year. We’ve since seen it drop as low as $358.59 since then, but $369.99 is still an excellent price for such a capable chip.
Its eight Zen 4 cores are more than enough for gaming, and while the clock speed is a little low at 5GHz, the huge amount of cache makes up for this massively. By effectively having a massive 96MB of L3 cache available, you massively reduce the likelihood of cache misses, which means the CPU is less likely to have to page your slower system memory for data.
The Ryzen 7 9800X3D might be quicker, with its 5.2GHz clock speed and faster Zen 5 architecture, but it also costs over $100 more, and the 7800X3D is still a great CPU. In fact, this is the chip we use to test all the GPUs in our guide to buying the best graphics card.
Meanwhile, the SSD on offer is a Team Group MP44L, which uses the 4x PCIe 4.0 interface and can read at up to 5,000MB/s, with a top sequential write pace of 4,500MB/s. While those speeds aren’t going to rival the PCIe 5.0 drives on our guide to buying the best gaming SSD, they’re still nearly 10x the speed of a SATA drive. Besides, you really can’t complain when you’re getting a PCIe 4.0 drive for free – it’s going for $62.99 on Newegg now if you buy it separately.
If you want to take advantage of this deal, you just need to click on this link here to take you to Newegg, and then make sure the “Add Free Gift Offer to Cart” box is ticked. You’ll need to be quick, though, as it’s listed as a limited offer.
If you’re thinking of building a new rig with this bundle, check out our best gaming motherboard guide to find a decent AM5 board to house your CPU and SSD, as well as our newly updated guide to buying the best CPU cooler for your needs. If you’re looking for a great budget cooler, we’ve tested the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE ARGB on the 7800X3D, and it works fine, while also looking good for just $39.99.