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Pricing is just a little disappointing. The 3800X launched at $399. The 5800X will be $449. Still good value though.

jagger27 6y ago
They’re delivering smack down best in class performance and efficiency for the price it’s worth.
whynotminot 6y ago
They frankly can afford to charge what they're worth now. No longer any caveats when comparing with Intel. Effectively, they charge what they want to now. They are the market leaders.
bobcostas55 6y ago
Yeah, I was thinking of upgrading from my 3600 but the prices are pretty crazy. $180 for the 3600 vs $300 for the 5600X, for the same core count and a slight IPC improvement? You can get a 3700X with 2 more cores for that money! New generations of hardware are supposed to improve the price/perf ratio!
- jcheng 6y ago
  That's comparing street prices for a CPU at the end of its sales cycle, with the MSRP for a next-gen CPU. Yes AMD raised prices, but the difference is $50 if you compare like for like (the MSRP for the 3600X when it launched was $250).
  - aero-glide 6y ago
    If you want to buy a processor right now, street price matters, not release price
    - jcheng 6y ago
      If you want to determine whether prices are “pretty crazy” or not then context matters.
gtm1260 6y ago
I almost wonder if it's meant to keep demand a bit lower since the 3800x was almost impossible to get at launch. Given how the most recent set of more desirable launches went, I wouldn't be surprised to see this price come down in the future.
warrenm 6y ago
If $50 on a top-end CPU is your breaking point ... you're not the customer they want
twblalock 6y ago
It's not that good of a value. The 3800x sells for between $320 and $350 right now. The new chip costs $100 more. That is at least a 30% price increase and the new chip is not 30% faster than the old one.
ece 6y ago
The 1800X was $500 (top of the line 3 years ago), though the 1700 was $330, and the street prices were often lower. Raising prices to compensate for more demand seems like a rational thing to do, the 3000-series did have stock problems. I'm not sure $450 for the only 8-core is value though, hopefully there is a 5700 65W SKU coming. The Big Navi number for Borderlands 3 4K seems inline with a 3080, so if priced right, AMD's going to run the table.

They’re delivering smack down best in class performance and efficiency for the price it’s worth.

They frankly can afford to charge what they're worth now. No longer any caveats when comparing with Intel. Effectively, they charge what they want to now. They are the market leaders.

bobcostas55 6y ago

Yeah, I was thinking of upgrading from my 3600 but the prices are pretty crazy. $180 for the 3600 vs $300 for the 5600X, for the same core count and a slight IPC improvement? You can get a 3700X with 2 more cores for that money! New generations of hardware are supposed to improve the price/perf ratio!

jcheng 6y ago
That's comparing street prices for a CPU at the end of its sales cycle, with the MSRP for a next-gen CPU. Yes AMD raised prices, but the difference is $50 if you compare like for like (the MSRP for the 3600X when it launched was $250).
- aero-glide 6y ago
  If you want to buy a processor right now, street price matters, not release price
  - jcheng 6y ago
    If you want to determine whether prices are “pretty crazy” or not then context matters.

gtm1260 6y ago

I almost wonder if it's meant to keep demand a bit lower since the 3800x was almost impossible to get at launch. Given how the most recent set of more desirable launches went, I wouldn't be surprised to see this price come down in the future.

warrenm 6y ago

If $50 on a top-end CPU is your breaking point ... you're not the customer they want

twblalock 6y ago

It's not that good of a value. The 3800x sells for between $320 and $350 right now. The new chip costs $100 more. That is at least a 30% price increase and the new chip is not 30% faster than the old one.

ece 6y ago

The 1800X was $500 (top of the line 3 years ago), though the 1700 was $330, and the street prices were often lower. Raising prices to compensate for more demand seems like a rational thing to do, the 3000-series did have stock problems. I'm not sure $450 for the only 8-core is value though, hopefully there is a 5700 65W SKU coming. The Big Navi number for Borderlands 3 4K seems inline with a 3080, so if priced right, AMD's going to run the table.