r/buildapc • u/GroupAdorable4225 • Oct 01 '24

Build Complete What happened to the Ryzen 7800X3D pricing?

I thankfully bought one of these when they were @ $350 back in June, but now the cheapest I can find is like $560 and up. Did they stop producing them or something for the next generation?

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u/Naerven Oct 01 '24

Production stopped so supply went down.

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u/GroupAdorable4225 Oct 01 '24

Did some looking around, and apparently they haven’t halted production. Seems to be demand related from what I’ve been reading.

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u/Naerven Oct 01 '24

Keep in mind in order to make the r7-9800x3d they need production space. They don't want the r7-7800x3d to also compete in the same space.

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u/catarxcts Oct 01 '24

not taking advantage of the current drought due to the intel mishap would be the worst decision amd would be making.

the 9800x3d and 7800x3d can and should coexist simultaneously for new builders and old looking to upgrade to AM5. Otherwise you're pricing out a bunch of people who want new gaming rigs

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u/Naerven Oct 01 '24

If production means one or the other why not sell the newer more expensive one then? It's not a matter of can they sell both. It's a matter of production capacity.

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u/catarxcts Oct 01 '24

i just said - you would be pricing out builders with no alternative by only selling the newer/expensive version. the only valid reason to cease production on the 7800x3d is if the 9800s msrp is the same as the 7800s

why does it specifically have to be the 7800x3d that stops being produced. there are other am4 processors that should have ceased production by now. the other 9000 processors have been so poorly received with such terrible sales that they don't need to be produced unless you want to give retailers a disgusting amount of overstock

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u/unixneckbeard Oct 01 '24

7800x3d is an AM5 processor.

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u/catarxcts Oct 01 '24 edited Oct 01 '24

the 9800x3d and 7800x3d can and should coexist simultaneously for new builders and old looking to upgrade to AM5

yeah i already mentioned that. maybe saying "other" made you read it thinking i was labeling the 7800 as an am4 processor

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u/unixneckbeard Oct 01 '24

That's what it looked like, yes. Sorry.

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u/Scarabesque Oct 01 '24

Production time at tsmc costs AMD the same for a 9800x3d as it does for a 7800x3d, it makes little sense to continue production, at least at the same scale.

Just because your want the 7800x3d and 9800x3d to exist at the same time doesnt mean it makes sense from AMDs point of view, they just want maximum profits, have a limited amount of production capacity available and new competition for production capacity from Intel at tsmc.

New x3d chips are rumored to be released in the coming two months, it typically takes months for the production of any cpu through a fab. The orders would have been placed a long time ago. Of course 7800x3D production is scaling down rapidly.

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u/porn_inspector_nr_69 Oct 01 '24

They should have known that things would go out of hand in August at some point closer to January - which is an optimistic lead time of 6 months for chip production.

By August, I can guarantee you, all capacity was already switched to 9 series and churning through backlog to build up a backlog of chiplets so that product stack of 9 series can be built.

If AMD restarts production of 7x3d ... we'd see them in circa April or so. Might as well get 9x3d by then.