AMD Ryzen 9800X3D Deal Hits $399, RTX 5070 PC Drops To $1,799

Can you imagine building a PC in this economy? If you can, there's a hot deal available on a high-end AMD Ryzen processor kitted with delicious second-generation 3D V-Cache to give your games a boost. And if not, well, we also found a compelling discount on a prebuilt gaming PC with a GeForce RTX 5070 tucked inside a stylish chassis.

For a limited time, you can snag AMD's Ryzen 7 9800X3D for $399.99 at Newegg (save $70) with coupon code BFF36. That coupon code knocks $70 off the price, effectively bringing it down to even $20 below what you'll even find at Micro Center, a popular retailer that typically undercuts the online competition with aggressive in-store pricing (in part because it doesn't have to account for baked-in shipping fees).

In our Ryzen 7 9800X3D review, we called this chip an "ideal CPU for PC gamers," and now two years later it's still an excellent choice. It's also leveraging AMD's latest-generation Zen 5 architecture, as Zen 6 has not come out yet.

The 9800X3D is an 8-core/16-thread chip with a 4.7GHz base clock, up to a 5.2GHz boost clock, 8MB of L2 cache, and a generous heaping of L3 cache at 96MB, for 104MB of total cache. More than half of the total cache is 3D V-Cache (64MB), and being a second-generation design, the 3D V-Cache die sits underneath the core complex die (CCD) for better heat dissipation and overclocking chops.

Just be aware that you will need DDR5 memory to pair with the 9800X3D, and memory isn't exactly cheap these days. That's likely the reason why the latest CPU-Z stats show a big decline in rigs with 64GB or even 32GB of RAM.

If you already own DDR5 or are willing to bite the bullet at today's prices, this deal can help take some of the sting out of the cost of building a fast gaming PC.

If a CPU and RAM are not the only parts you need, then it might make sense to shop for a prebuilt desktop instead. And if going that route, check out this CyberPowerPC gaming rig with a GeForce RTX 5070—it's on sale for $1,799.99 at Best Buy (save $220) with no coupon needed.

The discount makes this one of the most affordable RTX 5070 desktops in Best Buy's stable, and the cheapest one if you look past less recognizable brands.

In addition to the RTX 5070, this setup sports an Intel Core Ultra 7 265F processor based on Arrow Lake (20C/20T, up to 5.3GHz, 36MB L2 + 30MB L3 cache, NPU capable of 13 TOPS), 16GB of DDR5-5600 memory, and a 1TB PCIe 4.0 solid state drive (SSD).

The system also comes with a basic gaming keyboard and mouse.