AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Price Trimmed to $299

[zlobby]

Wow! Why not $301, though? /s

 

[Assimilator]

Hasn't reflected in the UK yet, but I'm sure it will by Monday. Psychologically this is an extremely important price point and the only question is why it took AMD so long to suck it up and accept they need to do this. But it still doesn't help the ridiculous motherboard prices.

 

[AsRock]

Are you kidding? It came out 4 months ago. $100 off 4 months later isn't "the fastest discounted product I have ever seen".

The CPU is fine. It can't sell because of the high cost of motherboards and memory, and because all of Intel sucks except for the 13600KF which is directly targeting the 7700X's performance category. Same problem Intel had with the 12th gen launch and why the vast majority are now all DDR4 instead for Intel. AMD is doing a year long transition, they are fine selling massive quantities of Ryzen 5000 in the meantime.

And at least with AM5 you should have new CPU's you can just drop in later and not have to buy new mobo as most of these high priced AM5 motherboards have good VRM's on them to boot.

Wow! Why not $301, though? /s

Old marketing trick to make some thing sound cheaper than it is.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

fastest price cut ever recorded. though the mobos are still overpriced.

 

[Shou Miko]

fastest price cut ever recorded. though the mobos are still overpriced.

New chipset and platform is always expensive plus making E models on both B and X chipset can and will confuse a lot of people.

I was looking at micro-atx and itx B650 board but they are about £24 / 29USD more compared to the Asus Prime X670-P WiFi which is still a X chipset.

The ITX I was looking at was MSI MPG B650I EDGE WIFI for about about £241 / 291USD and the ASUS TUF Gaming B650M-Plus WIFI costs about £229 / 276USD while the Asus Prime X670-P WiFi is currently on sale this month for £216,44 / 260,91USD so it's a better deal and a better chipset and I will life with my case and everything else.

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

New chipset and platform is always expensive plus making E models on both B and X chipset can and will confuse a lot of people.

I was looking at micro-atx and itx B650 board but they are about £24 / 29USD more compared to the Asus Prime X670-P WiFi which is still a X chipset.

The ITX I was looking at was MSI MPG B650I EDGE WIFI for about about £241 / 291USD and the ASUS TUF Gaming B650M-Plus WIFI costs about £229 / 276USD while the Asus Prime X670-P WiFi is currently on sale this month for £216,44 / 260,91USD so it's a better deal and a better chipset and I will life with my case and everything else.

$260 for an X670 is still a little on the pricey side but at least it's way more reasonable than a B650 while having better feature set(?) than the lower end boards.

 

[Shou Miko]

$260 for an X670 is still a little on the pricey side but at least it's way more reasonable than a B650 while having better feature set(?) than the lower end boards.

I am personally afraid that people will buy higher spec'd A620 board if manufactures get it right or the AM5 line will die if not there is a reasonable priced X670 board that gives out good feature for a good price not on sale.

Because it would be a shame down the road only seeing 99% second handed A620 chipset boards because no one will buy the B and X models because of the price and the users upgrading or buying into the AM5 second handed will only get the lowest chipset possible.

AMD need to rethink their AM5 because A series is really the ultra low end and B is a good middle way I don't really count the E models of the B650 or X670 chips because they do have they needs for people who know what they need for normal people even like my self a computer man I can buy a middle or high X670E board but will I use all their feature? Short ander NO so I rather get the board I am waiting on now and be happy that I can still run 1xGPU, 3xM.2.'s even only one can be Gen 5 which I don't need anyway and my OS is perfectly on a Gen3 NVME drive so.

Most B650 boards for the middle end needs to be down to about 160-180USD max and ofc ITX might be a little more because they are harder to built and pack with features.

 

[A Computer Guy]

Yep, that.
With AMD the more you wait the more you save.

A 5950x Under $500 is a pretty sweet deal.

 

[The Von Matrices]

I'm not sure that is correct. AMD does not produce any motherboards nor chips for the boards as far as I know. AIB companies do and they have their contracts with components suppliers. AM5 uses DDR5 ram and price for the chips cannot be blamed on AMD since they do not produce the chips to make DDR5 modules. I think same applies for the motherboards.

Below you have top chipset manufacturers. AMD is not even listed.

Top 20 Largest Motherboard Companies by Revenue
Here is a complete list of the top 20 motherboard companies ranked just by their revenues last year.

Rank​	Motherboard Manufacturer​	Revenue (USD millions)​
1	Intel	71,900
2	Asus	12,110
3	Acer	8,112
4	MSI	4,000
5	Gigabyte Technology	1,940
6	AOPEN Inc.	1,570
7	Elitegroup Computer Systems	927.11
8	Sapphire Technology	590
9	ASRock	329.5
10	American Megatrends	175
11	Leadtek	170
12	Biostar	147
13	Shuttle Computer Group	138
14	PNY Technologies	124.84
15	Chaintech	97
16	EVGA	65
17	Zotac	50
18	First International Computer	37
19	NZXT	29
20	XFX	10

Where did you get this data? Intel stopped producing consumer motherboards in 2013. And if you are arguing that Intel is included because of includes server motherboards, then the list is missing big companies like SuperMicro and Inspur.

 

[A Computer Guy]

A 5950x Under $500 is a pretty sweet deal.

And I just found 5600G for $109. I'm so tempted to get it. Sometimes it seems AMD is having a price war with itself.

 

[ratirt]

Where did you get this data? Intel stopped producing consumer motherboards in 2013. And if you are arguing that Intel is included because of includes server motherboards, then the list is missing big companies like SuperMicro and Inspur.

Dude I'm saying AMD is not producing motherboards. This is not Intel's thread so chillax.

Link to source

Top 10 Largest Motherboard Manufacturers in the World 2020, Top Motherboard Companies | Motherboard Market Factsheet

Complete list of the top 10 largest motherboard manufacturers in the world in 2020. Asus, MSI, Gigabyte, see where top motherboard companies rank in 2020.

blog.bizvibe.com

Intel Board in 2023

INTEL NUC 11 Pro Board BNUC11TNBV50000​

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

I am personally afraid that people will buy higher spec'd A620 board if manufactures get it right or the AM5 line will die if not there is a reasonable priced X670 board that gives out good feature for a good price not on sale.

Because it would be a shame down the road only seeing 99% second handed A620 chipset boards because no one will buy the B and X models because of the price and the users upgrading or buying into the AM5 second handed will only get the lowest chipset possible.

AMD need to rethink their AM5 because A series is really the ultra low end and B is a good middle way I don't really count the E models of the B650 or X670 chips because they do have they needs for people who know what they need for normal people even like my self a computer man I can buy a middle or high X670E board but will I use all their feature? Short ander NO so I rather get the board I am waiting on now and be happy that I can still run 1xGPU, 3xM.2.'s even only one can be Gen 5 which I don't need anyway and my OS is perfectly on a Gen3 NVME drive so.

Most B650 boards for the middle end needs to be down to about 160-180USD max and ofc ITX might be a little more because they are harder to built and pack with features.

it seems that AMD is having a conflict with itself. If they don't look past on the whole "sell less products at high prices to maintain profit margin", I don't see the reason to even consider their products.

 

[mäggäri]

Lol, fastest discounted product i have ever seen, suck to be early adopters of 7700X i guess

Seems that AMD products are like cryptos, if getting involved, only losing in every way. In TPU 1440p average, 13900K number one.

 

[Garrus]

Seems that AMD products are like cryptos, if getting involved, only losing in every way. In TPU 1440p average, 13900K number one.

$290 for the Ryzen 7700, set the max settings and come in second place. $580 for the 13900k, uses double the power, to get first place. Who cares. I don't mind being in second place and saving $300. And if you want to be in first place, you just buy the 7800X3D next month. Completely ends Intel's CPU business.