AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Desktop Processor £438.27 @ Amazon

I don't think spending £450 on a purely gaming CPU is a wise investment. The data below shows that any 6+ core CPU from the last two years (costing as little as £125) is plenty for gaming; 1% minimums of 100-120+fps for all 6+ core CPUs since 2020. Meanwhile for average fps, even a four-year old 3000 series Ryzen will spend significant time bouncing off the refresh rate limit of a 144 Hz monitor if paired with a sufficiently fast GPU (with a few exceptions such as Spiderman remastered and MSFS). Given the data, I don't see the logic in spending £450 on a "gaming" CPU when one for £200-250 will give visually the same experience on a typical gaming monitor. Consider that the difference in framerates will be even lower as resolution increases compared to the more CPU-bottlenecked 1080p data below. Spend the £200 to £325 difference on a higher tier GPU instead, where you will actually be able to see the performance difference (at higher resolutions, with ray tracing on, higher image quality settings etc).
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MSFS isn't a game.

That’s OEM not retail cpus.

Don't they also have to pay tax separately on a state by state basis?

I think I'm missing something here, but why is the 13900K the better option? Even an OC 13900k is still 10% or so behind the 7800x3d in gaming. Plus the X3D is £100 cheaper to buy outright.

Plus, a really overlooked factor here in the UK is energy costs since ours are extortionate. the X3D sits at half the power usage, drawing 70w on average during a heavy load. So if we assume the 13900k uses twice the load at 140w. if you're gaming 20 hours a week, that 70w saving turns into

70/1000 (convert to KW) * 20 (hrs pr week) * 52 (wks per year) * .332 (price per KW) = £24 per year. Assuming you'll own it for 5 years it's a decent saving.

And this assumes you are running the Intel chip stock. It has a ridiculous power draw when you start OCing - some report that it uses 400w under a heavy load

Plus AM5 boards arent really that pricey anymore and DDR5 is cheap too. (edited)

I disagree, it depends on what you have and what you want to do.

My old rig is still on AM4, it has a Ryzen 5 2600, X370 motherboard & 16 GB ram.


Instead of spending £280 on 5800x3d, I sell my ram, CPU, mb for £150 instead of cou for just £50. I can buy R7 7600x for £250, AM5 mb for £220, 16 GB ddr5 for £60

Meaning for an extra £150 more I can go to AM5 and upgrade in future. This is wayyyy better then buying 5800 x3d tbh on dead end AM4 (edited)

im doubtful in reductions for a while now. Brand new chip, that has proven to be faster than its more expensive counterparts in a lot of things.... should sell well without discounts

One thing to note. Waiting 6 months doesn't work if you need and can utilise a system now.

Gigabyte have the proven fastest booting motherboards on AM5 so I'd recommend Gigabyte, and it is a significant boot time saving which isn't essential but is nice to have. (edited)

Most seem ok to me, but who is going to choose a thirdparty seller if they are charging £150 more than Amazon themselves?!

not ideal, but A series boards should be popping up around now (already fair few instock in US, UK should follow shortly).
saw some US boards around the $75-80 mark

is it really worth to buy a lambo while you can drive 30mph most of the time?

Haha, open Task Manager and check the name of your processor, then compare it with the one in this deal (edited)

I'd wait for the ryzen's after those intels...

I can it’s sold and dispatched by Amazon.

Any particular reason why a couple of weeks ?