JUNE 2022 PCWorld 31the current street price for the standard 5800X.
Right now you can find it on Amazon and other
retailers in the neighborhood of $340 (fave.
co/3FOm22b). Price-sensitive builders will
need to see 5800X3D’s top-notch gaming
performance as a priority for it to offer
enough value to convince them.
IT’S BETTER FOR
UPGRADES IN
SPECIFIC CASES
You’re not wrong if you’re thinking at
this point that the 5800X3D sounds
like a bit of a niche chip. Because of
its laser focus on gaming, this
processor really works best for
people in two camps. In the first
group are those who can’t afford the
extra $100 for a Core i9-12900K but
still want the best
gaming performance possible—so much
so that they’re willing to ignore the
cheaper $385 Core i7-12700K, which is
only a little slower in games but performs
more equally across the board.
In the other group are people with
older Ryzen systems who could use a
boost—anyone with a chip from the Ryzen
3000 series or earlier. (Spoiler: We might
just have some data about that coming
soon.) The real winners are people like
PCWorld’s very own Brad Chacos, who
still has a Ryzen 7 1800X and a X370 board
(fave.co/3NawEeg). Thanks to the magic
of AMD’s AM4 platform, first-generation Ryzen
PCs can move up to gaming performance nearly
on par with a 12900K at less than half the cost.
Talk about a kickass reward for all the early Ryzen
adopters out there.Those who built first-gen Ryzen systems can supercharge their
systems by swapping in a 5800X3D. (Above: PCWorld Exec
Editor Brad Chacos’ 1800X + X370 combo.)Right now, you can buy a Ryzen 9 5900X for $50 less
than the 5800X3D. Yep.