The best value eight-core Ryzen CPU is heavily discounted in the UK.
With the newRyzen 7000X3D processors arriving today, it’s perhaps not surprising to see last-gen models reaching new price lows. That’s the case for the Ryzen 5700X, one of the fastest eight-core Ryzen CPUs ever made (behind the 7700X, 5800X and 5800X3D) and now firmly a member of the sub-£200 club. In fact, this processor is down to £177 at Amazon UK at present, meaning it’s rapidly approaching half of its £329 UK RRP.
Yes, I know the CPU pictured is the 5800X. Please don’t tell anyone! I didn’t think you’d look at it that closely.
While the 5800X3D, 5900X and 5950X represent a significant enough step up in performance to make them viable alternatives to the 5700X without requiring a costly investment in the AM5 platform, with its more expensive motherboards and DDR5 RAM, the 5700X makes a decent case for itself thanks to its still-excellent performance, console-matching eight-core design and considerably lower price than the alternatives mentioned - especially at this reduced price point. You can get a good idea of its performance bylooking at our Ryzen 5800X review, as the 5700X isn’t slower by any meaningful amount and has the same eight-core design.
In any case, that just about does it for now, so thanks for joining me and I’ll catch you again soon! It’s my birthday tomorrow, so I won’t be on for Tuesday, but I’ll be back on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to close out my shifts for the week. Cheers for reading and see you next time!
