Deals, Discounts, and Best PC Component Buys & Builds

AMD Ryzen 5 1600 x - $348

G.SKILL 16 GB (2x8 GB) DDR4, 3000 MHz, DIMM, Aegis, F4-3000C16D-16GISB - $243

Crucial DDR4 8GB 2400MHz memory - $94

For instance, check this out: https://www.craigslist.org/vi/graphics-cards-for-sale-28076009

AMD Ryzen 7 1700 box $400-

RTX 2060 VENTUS - $871

Just a quick look at what you can grab today for just over $3k 😉

AMD Ryzen Desktop CPU Ryzen 3 4C/4T 1200 (3.1/3.4GHz Boost,10MB,65W,AM4) box, with Wraith Stealth cooler
Patriot V Elite DDR4, 2666Mhz,(2x 4GB), 8GB, CL16, GY
GIGABYTE Main Board Desktop AMD B350 (SAM4, 4xDDR4, Realtek ALC887, 1x10/100/1000 Mbit, 1xPCIEX16) AB350M-DS3H
Zalman T6 ATX MidTower Case, black, ZAL-T6
Power Supply Fractal Design case 500W Bronze
Sapphire RX 570 ITX, 4GB GDDR5, Lite
GIGABYTE SSD 480GB, 2.5”, SATA III, 3D NAND TLC, 550MBs/480MBs, Retail
2x MS PC COOL 12cm blue LED case fans

Total: $1119 - Centro

https://www.amazon.com/amd-ryzen-processor/m_medium=click
https://www.newegg.com/special-offers/m_medium=click
https://www.techcrunch.com/articles/m_medium=click
https://www.google.com/shopping/search?q=i5+9400f

It's a great time to pick up a new CPU.

Timothy Kim60 said:https://www.amazon.com/amd-processor...m_medium=click
https://www.bestbuy.com/special-offer...m_medium=click
https://www.pcmag.com/article/pro...m_medium=click
https://www.google.com/search?q=i5+9400f

Decent time to grab a CPU.

If the R5 3600 hits the $200 mark, it makes sense.
Still, nothing groundbreaking. How many years ago did we pay this much for a dual-core i3?

Timothy Kim60 said:https://www.bestbuy.com/processor-amd...m_medium=click
https://www.newegg.com/special-offer...m_medium=click
https://www.pcmag.com/article/pro...m_medium=click
https://www.amazon.com/search?q=i5+9400f

Good time to grab a CPU.

They jacked up the price on the Ryzen 7 to $533. It was sitting at $1250 the day you posted those links.

Exactly. That’s why I always include the price right in the link—I don't want anyone coming after me saying, "WTF, Timothy Kim60 is drinking the profits."

I mean, look, it isn't even $533 bad, but they've spoiled us with all those sales lately. We've gotten used to seeing $1200-$433 as the absolute
standard.

Prices on the 2000 series are gonna tank once the new stuff drops. The 1000 series is probably mostly cleared out by now anyway.
If the new 3600 hits at $200, and we see it starting here at maybe $600, performance-wise—multi-threaded—it’ll be sitting right near the old 1700s. Prices have to drop.

That 1600 for $310 is still a killer deal.

AMD 56 is under $300 at some retailers over in Germany ☕

https://www.computeruniverse.net/de/...rtikel&agt=288

$280

Timothy Kim60 said:https://www.computeruniverse.net/de/...rtikel&agt=288

Around $280

Silicon Valley ships to the US.
But honestly? With a GTX1660Ti in the mix, I don't think it's worth the money.

AMD 56 is faster, plus it’s $30 cheaper 🤷

crimsonstag84 said:AMD 56 is faster and $30 cheaper 🤷

Over at Silicon Valley, there was a sale for about $265, which works out to roughly $290 with shipping to the US. Not sure if they even ship here.

Yeah, the 1660Ti is maybe 7-8% slower than the AMD 56. It's a decent enough deal, but once you factor in shipping, it ends up costing about the same as the 1660Ti. Honestly? For that price, I’d probably just grab the Alan Turing.

Ryzen 1600 - $293 at Best Buy (and that's without any PC Gamer discounts) 😁

Timothy Kim60 said:Ryzen 1600 - $293 at Best Buy (and that’s without any Prime discounts) 😁

What an absurd value... Just a few years ago, you could get a 6c/12t processor with Haswell-level IPC for $293 LOL... 😵

Adam Moore3 said:What a joke of a value proposition. A few years back, you could grab a 6-core/12-thread chip with Haswell-level IPC for $293 LOL... 😵

Between the new optimizations and those security headaches over at Intel, that IPC is actually better than Haswell.

It depends on what kind of software you're running, maybe somewhere in the Broadwell era... But honestly, if we're looking at today's budget CPUs, IPC isn't really the dealbreaker. It’s all about the core and thread count instead, especially when your alternatives are sitting below $333 quad-cores or 2c4t setups... basically, more is always better.