Friday, June 30th 2023
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D to be Exclusive Micro Center Product in the US
US Computer component retailer Micro Center has announced that the store has struck an exclusive deal with AMD to be the sole retailer for the Ryzen 5 5600X3D processor. The CPU is apparently a limited edition release, although it's not clear how limited it'll be in terms of available quantities. The new CPU will launch on the 7th of July and has a base clock of 3.3 GHz and a boost clock of 4.4 GHz, each 100 MHz slower than the Ryzen 7 5800X3D. The CPU obviously has six CPU cores, which results in a total cache of 99 MB due to the missing two cores.
The TDP remains at 105 W and it appears that the Ryzen 5 5600X3D might just consist of failed Ryzen 7 5800X3D chips sold with two cores disabled. From what TPU understands, there should be some OEM availability of the Ryzen 5 5600X3D as well, based on what our sources have told us, but we don't have any details on which system integrators might be offering the CPU. Micro Center will be charging US$229.99, which is US$220 less than what the Ryzen 7 5800X3D launched at, although Micro Center is currently selling it at US$279.99. The Ryzen 5 5600X3D will also be offered at a discounted price when bought with eligible motherboard and memory bundles from Micro Center.
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The TDP remains at 105 W and it appears that the Ryzen 5 5600X3D might just consist of failed Ryzen 7 5800X3D chips sold with two cores disabled. From what TPU understands, there should be some OEM availability of the Ryzen 5 5600X3D as well, based on what our sources have told us, but we don't have any details on which system integrators might be offering the CPU. Micro Center will be charging US$229.99, which is US$220 less than what the Ryzen 7 5800X3D launched at, although Micro Center is currently selling it at US$279.99. The Ryzen 5 5600X3D will also be offered at a discounted price when bought with eligible motherboard and memory bundles from Micro Center.
80 Comments on AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D to be Exclusive Micro Center Product in the US
If they do not I'd wager they'll try to get rid of them through combo deals.
Not a stupid as an MSRP as you're making it out to be tbh. Especially considering that the alternative could've been to just trash them altogether and not even bother.
Chip harvesting by disabling a non-functional portion is a common procedure and processors that are carved out of an otherwise fully enabled silicon will operate as intended within their restrictions/limitations, what bothers me here is that they're releasing it to Micro Center only. Regions serviced by a Micro Center are particularly privileged even within an already privileged United States in hardware availability. This CPU is needed in emergent markets, not in a region where the good stuff is already available for cheap at prices that the entire world is envious of.
Price: $30 too high
Retail Availability: LowAnd funnily enough Zen 3 CCD is tiny. The odds of a broken chip is low. Moreover, AMD only adds V-Cache to CCDs after testing the CCD. They don't waste more steps and processes that cost money on a broken chip.
I doubt these are duds in any way regardless of what AMD wants to say. But rather a market segmentation strategy - which is why its availability is also so limited. They don't want it to ruin the average selling price of the 5800X3D world wide.
Thankfully i'm not into AMD, they can keep their filth.
From the Microcenter site:
A bit expensive but the price will normalise in a couple of days/weeks since the 5800X3D is not that expensive anymore.
In general, happy to see that, makes sense to upgrade from 2600/3600 -don't know how many gamers are still on theses though- and will be a cracking bundle deal with a B550/DDR4 ram. That's possibly the cheapest way to get top 90% performance.
How come nobody is complaining about China when special processors or graphics cards come out for the CCCP. The 5600x3d is only coming to
a micro center, which most of the US doesnt have. Yet I see many comments about us "rich" americans getting the good stuff.
I've been to China, just once, I saw some laptop models that where nice looking but only release for that market. I saw nice 13in laptop, this was 9yrs ago, that I would have loved to get.
But there's very valid reasons to release Chinese-only SKUs due to market conditions, a Micro Center specific, extremely desirable budget SKU makes little sense when anyone with access to an MC can get insane deals on the really good stuff already. I have a friend from TX that got a Ryzen 7900X, a Strix B650E-E and a 32 GB DDR5-6000 RAM kit for $699. You can't buy that CPU alone for that much in most of the world due to import duties.
AMD only has a handful of those lower yield chips. This is because the yields for Zen 3 chiplets were very high indeed. Once you understand this, you have no problem in understanding this local and limited offer. Pretty simple.This is nonsense and very cynical take on local and limited product. Selling a few hundred or a few thousand lower binned chips is not going to make AMD any richer. Absurd reasoning. There is no reason to make more e-waste from a handful of chips that did not meet spec for frequency of have one non-functional core. It's great for local buyers to have another option in their Microcenter shops should they wish to make one-off simple upgrade. Besides, Microcenter always has bundled offers, so this limited offer will sell out fast.Another nonsense. 5600X costs ~$150 on Newegg and in Microcenter, so it's not "nearly double". You will need to be more humble in how you brand buyers who may find this chip interesting for them and not use derogatory labels against consumers. It says more about you than about buyers of this chip. Allow people to make their own choices. Many have older systems that could benefit ftom one-off upgrade or a bundle that Microcenter will surely offer. It's a no brainer offer for those who might need it.Exactly. This just shows how high yield 5800X3D chips had. Once one understrands this, this limited offer becomes completely logical.What kind of nonsense is this? There are millions of chips being sold in lower income countries. Plus, there are alarmingly growing pockets of unwealthy Americans. Go and read latest research and remind yourself of gigantic food queues of expensive vehicules bought on credit during Covid. This is a limited offer for local buyers. It's really simple. No point in exporting such chips when it will sell out quickly.My 5900X might well be "rejected" 5950X. Guess what? It just works.This offer is not comparable with other mainstream chips. It's a limited number of chips, not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands.
5600X3D is so limited offer that it will sell out fast, stand-alone or bundled. No brainer.Why do you have a communist flag on your profile? Does it stand for anything?Dude, there might be less than a few thousands of these. Don't make a storm in a cup of tea. Silly.