AMD quietly repositioned the 5950X

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It’s a discreet but concrete move that started in March and sees AMD repositioning its range against Intel Alder Lake CPUs. The Ryzen 9 5950X is particularly concerned if we look at its price evolution on the other side of the Atlantic. It went from $800 to just $500 between the end of 2020 and the last few days… With a particularly noticeable acceleration in recent weeks.

5950X prix We can consider that without the arrival of Alder Lake and the aggressive pricing policy of Intel for once, we would not be here. In Europe, it is not uncommon to find the Ryzen 9 5950X at a price close to 550€, i.e. almost in line with a non-K i9-12900. With 16 cores and 32 threads, the flagship processor of the Zen 3 line is still at the top in performance and allows you to build a relatively affordable configuration with plenty of motherboards and ram choices. Even though many “purists” are probably in a waiting position with the upcoming arrival of the Ryzen 7000, it seems unlikely that such an aggressive price point will be found on the new range. A muscular and above all versatile configuration is thus affordable for some time to come. Indeed, the economic situation leads us to believe that all components will continue to be under pressure this year. A tension accentuated by the strong rise of the dollar for months and the closures of the main production plants in recent weeks.

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