AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & 7600 CPU Prices Drop Significantly

[T0@st]

Newegg has been running various discount promotions on Ryzen 7000-series desktop processors over the past month, but their latest offer finally affects one of AMD's lower end models. The Ryzen 5 7600X CPU is on offer over at the American e-tailer - by using a time limited promo code (MDSCS2342) when checking out you can get the price down to $209 - resulting in a saving of about $31 (from the normal $240). The Ryzen 5 7600 (non-X) CPU is not part of this Memorial Weekend promotion - it is currently listed at $223, with no active Newegg promo code granting a generous saving.

Both of these Zen 4 (Raphael) Ryzen 5 processors were awarded TPU's Editor's Choice accolade - despite receiving criticism for "high platform costs," so it is nice to see that the 7600X is available for just north of $200 in the United States - this saving can offset the added premium of an AM5 motherboard, DDR5 RAM and necessary CPU cooling solution (no Wraith unit is included in the slimline box). Customers in China are fortunate to get an even better online deal - the Ryzen 5 7600X and 7600 are available for way below MSRP via JD.com, with both CPUs priced at an all-time low of $183 (1299 RMB) each.



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[mb194dc]

Demand must be great...

 

[dj-electric]

If AM5 board prices remain as high as they are, might as well sweeten the deal with lower AM5 CPU prices

 

[Deleted member 185088]

Just checked price still the same, maybe you could add in "insert country", as this is an international website.

 

[bug]

AMD Ryzen 5 7600X & 7600 CPU Prices Drop Significantly

The Ryzen 5 7600 (non-X) CPU is currently priced at $223, with no active Newegg promo code granting a generous saving.

Must be some new kind of price drop that I'm not familiar with.

Fwiw, I called it over a year ago: forcing everyone to move to DDR5 will bite back at AMD. They already had the DDR4 IO die, they didn't even need to design it from scratch. A few tweaks and everyone would have been happy. They chose to be cocky instead.

 

[AsRock]

Just checked price still the same, maybe you could add in "insert country", as this is an international website.

Memorial Weekend promotion for you too ?. If not i guess that's why.

 

[TumbleGeorge]

I cry because I'm not Chinese and $183 are closed cause for me.

 

[Nioktefe]

Must be some new kind of price drop that I'm not familiar with.

Fwiw, I called it over a year ago: forcing everyone to move to DDR5 will bite back at AMD. They already had the DDR4 IO die, they didn't even need to design it from scratch. A few tweaks and everyone would have been happy. They chose to be cocky instead.

The timing is weird, there's not even pcie5 device reasonably available yet, maybe ssd first but that's it for this year I think.

Maybe they couldn't, but it would have pleased a bunch of people if they were able to launch zen 4 on AM4 with the 12nm IO die
Especially after this 16MB bios problem they went through (there's ample space available on 32MB chip).

But then it would have either postponed AM5 or increased it's price even further due to lower volume.

 

[Frick]

I'm holding out for a good deal on a used 5600x or something..

 

[bug]

The timing is weird, there's not even pcie5 device reasonably available yet, maybe ssd first but that's it for this year I think.

Maybe they couldn't, but it would have pleased a bunch of people if they were able to launch zen 4 on AM4 with the 12nm IO die
Especially after this 16MB bios problem they went through (there's ample space available on 32MB chip).

But then it would have either postponed AM5 or increased it's price even further due to lower volume.

Be that as it may, CPU customers in the $200-300 range are price-conscious. AMD ignored that and now very few are buying the 7600(X). Which are otherwise really good CPUs.
It's a game AMD has been playing for a while (remember how they took their sweet time with B550, so everyone would have to buy the X570 if they wanted the latest and greatest?). They just took it to the next level now.

 

[eidairaman1]

I cry because I'm not Chinese and $183 are closed cause for me.

Probably receive a fake anyway

 

[Pumper]

Finally reaching the level it was supposed to be launched at.

 

[eidairaman1]

The timing is weird, there's not even pcie5 device reasonably available yet, maybe ssd first but that's it for this year I think.

Maybe they couldn't, but it would have pleased a bunch of people if they were able to launch zen 4 on AM4 with the 12nm IO die
Especially after this 16MB bios problem they went through (there's ample space available on 32MB chip).

But then it would have either postponed AM5 or increased it's price even further due to lower volume.

They keep moving pcie standards up to reduce upkeep of the older 1s as its mainly enterprise storage and network controllers that use said lanes, pcie 4 gpus are still in an infancy stage and the loss between 3 and 4 excluding say the RX6400XT is nill

 

[TumbleGeorge]

Probably receive a fake anyway

For around $26 per core(and other logic and i/o chiplet+ cooler)? I don't think that's fake!
Ps.
Below $100 for another 6/12 AMD CPU.
Ps.2
$75.49 for lowest 6/12 AMD CPU.

 

[sephiroth117]

issue is the combo: New motherboard + DDR5 + CPU

Expensive for AM5 and I doubt people interested in a 7600X want the lowest tier end with poorly cooled VRM, another big point, at least for me, it's how, FOR GAMING, DDR5 is just useless and makes no difference in most case.

Truth is, the market is suffering greatly, they still don't understand that there's an inflation and tough macroeconomic context...and for 500 bucks people can have a PS5 and for 250-300 a Xbox serie S.

Do better, stop rebranding a 4050Ti and sell it with a xx60Ti price...do better, period.

 

[Pumper]

issue is the combo: New motherboard + DDR5 + CPU

At this point, DDR5 is cheaper than DDR4 at the time of AM5 launch, so it's about time to shut up about the RAM prices, especially if you used the same argument back then.

You can't claim that 32GB DDR4 at $120 was cheap (especially when comparing to $300 DDR5), but now 32GB DDR5 at $120 is somehow expensive.

 

[EatingDirt]

Must be some new kind of price drop that I'm not familiar with.

Fwiw, I called it over a year ago: forcing everyone to move to DDR5 will bite back at AMD. They already had the DDR4 IO die, they didn't even need to design it from scratch. A few tweaks and everyone would have been happy. They chose to be cocky instead.

They would, in fact, have had to design it from scratch if they went with both DDR4 & DDR5 compatibility. Would it have been a significant redesign? Probably not, but then again, I doubt either of us are microprocessor engineers.

As for the cost of DDR5, there's no longer a significant difference between 2x16GB DDR5 6000 CL32 & DDR4 3600 CL16 RAM. Typical prices for both are around $100. The difference between the high CAS latency kits for both is less than $15.

And finally about the cost of motherboards. You can now find AM5 motherboards for under $100.

AM5 platform is no longer all that much more expensive than the intel platform, on DDR4 unless you're going ultra budget.

 

[Avro Arrow]

The price drops in CPUs just goes to show how the price of video cards isn't related to "inflation" because, just like GPUs, CPUs are made from the same cutting-edge silicon that GPUs are. Since CPUs haven't skyrocketed in price, it means that GPU prices have nothing to do with "inflation". That's just BS we hear from shills who are trying to make excuses for these corporations.

 

[Gmr_Chick]

I'm holding out for a good deal on a used 5600x or something..

I have a 5600

Back on topic, $209 for a 7600X/7600 is miiiighty tempting for me. And DDR5 RAM prices have gotten better since AM5 came out. It's just the motherboards that haven't changed much in price.

Oh the temptation! Send help!

 

[sephiroth117]

At this point, DDR5 is cheaper than DDR4 at the time of AM5 launch, so it's about time to shut up about the RAM prices, especially if you used the same argument back then.

You can't claim that 32GB DDR4 at $120 was cheap (especially when comparing to $300 DDR5), but now 32GB DDR5 at $120 is somehow expensive.

You completely missed the point, when upgrading right now you are doing it from DDR4 to DDR5, meaning in addition to a new MOBO and a new CPU you need new RAM and that just increases the upgrade budget for a CPU, DDR5 which is, in addition, not really bringing anything new to the table for games. Next time maybe read the actual post, I did not single out RAM price, but the whole CPU + MOBO + RAM...

 

[Speedyblupi]

Fwiw, I called it over a year ago: forcing everyone to move to DDR5 will bite back at AMD. They already had the DDR4 IO die, they didn't even need to design it from scratch. A few tweaks and everyone would have been happy. They chose to be cocky instead.

AMD could afford to be cocky, unfortunately.
If no-one wants to buy AM5 CPUs, they can just use the same CCDs for EPYC, which has higher profit margins, and Dragon Range, which is in higher demand. The Ryzen 5 7600 and 7600X get the crap bins left over once the best dies have been used for these other markets where efficiency is more important.

 

[kapone32]

Just checking Newegg Canada and with the promo this is $259.99 at that price there are over 125 people that have it in the cart.

 

[mechtech]

I seen the 5700x on sale for 205$ CAD (~150 usd)

 

[eidairaman1]

I seen the 5700x on sale for 205$ CAD (~150 usd)

Makes you wonder how much a 5800 oem is (Same exact cou)

 

[Pumper]

You completely missed the point, when upgrading right now you are doing it from DDR4 to DDR5, meaning in addition to a new MOBO and a new CPU you need new RAM and that just increases the upgrade budget for a CPU, DDR5 which is, in addition, not really bringing anything new to the table for games. Next time maybe read the actual post, I did not single out RAM price, but the whole CPU + MOBO + RAM...

New RAM is a minor expense today, no matter if you look at DDR4 or DDR5, and you'd have an easier time to sell your old CPU+mobo+RAM combo instead of CPU+mobo alone.