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Grab AMD’s incredible Ryzen 5800X3D gaming CPU for $300 after a $150 discountThanks to Ebay’s holiday voucher code.
Thanks to Ebay’s holiday voucher code.
Get the AMD Ryzen 5800X3D for $299 w/ code JOLLY15 (was $449)
So what makes this gaming CPU so fast - and how fast is it, exactly? Well, it’s all to do with its cache. Normally CPUs come with a small amount of cache, split into three levels - L1, L2 and L3. This works the same way RAM does, holding data that the CPU needs to do its calculations, but it’swaycloser to the heart of the CPU - so access times are tiny, but the amount of data that can be stored at any one time is also very tiny. L1 cache is the smallest and fastest, L2 is a bit bigger and a bit slower, and L3 is again a bit bigger and a bit slower. With me so far?
However, most game enginesdoend up waiting on data to be copied from RAM to the L3 cache, so a much bigger L3 can provide a significant advantage - I sawjumps of 33% in many gamesduring my testing for Digital Foundry, which is nuts for a CPU upgrade… and especially one in the same socket. That puts the 5800X3D amongst the the likes of the 12900K and even some of Intel’s 13th-gen parts, not to mention AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series which requires fancy (and expensive) AM5 motherboards with DDR5 RAM. So in terms of gaming performance, the 5800X3D is a bit of a value champion!
If you’ve already got an AM4 motherboard, then the 5800X3D is quite likely the best gaming CPU that you will ever be able to buy for it - so treat yourself to an upgrade while the CPU is discounted to $300!
