AMD’s Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X drop to a new pricing low in the UK
AMD’s Zen 5 CPUs have received UK price cuts at all major retailers
AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series CPUs have become more affordable, with the UK pricing of their Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X dropping to new lows at most major retailers. Both CPUs are widely available at prices lower than their original UK MSRPs.
For the Ryzen 5 9600X, there has been a £40 price drop, and for the Ryzen 7 9700X, there has been a £30 price drop. Those are price drops of around 15% and 9% respectively. We have found these CPU prices at multiple UK retailers, none of which require a coupon or offer code to access.
Ryzen 5 9600X 6-Core Zen 5 CPU
Ryzen 7 9700X 8-core Zen 5 CPU
Today’s lowered pricing for AMD’s Ryzen 9000 series CPUs makes sense when considering their original review scores (see our review here). For many applications, Zen 5 doesn’t deliver significant performance benefits over Zen 4. This is especially true for gaming workloads. This made Zen 5 a hard sell to PC builders, as it did not deliver the performance gains that many expected. With this in mind, a price decrease makes a lot of sense.
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