AMD has cut prices on Ryzen 5000 - "best gaming processor" Ryzen 7 5800X3D now costs $329

AMD has cut prices on desktop Ryzen 5000 processors on Zen 3 architecture in its official online store.

    Portal VideoCardz notes that the price of individual models has dropped by $250.

    The flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 5950X model was offered for $799 at the start of sales.Now the price of this processor is $549.

    The twelve-core Ryzen 9 5900X has dropped in price by $200, and is now offered for $349 instead of the original $549.

    Ryzen 7 5800X3D with increased cache memory has also dropped in price.AMD is offering it for $329 instead of the original $449.

    The Ryzen 7 5800X is down to $249 from $449, and the junior six-core Ryzen 5 5600X model is selling for $159 instead of the original $299.When you buy Ryzen 5000 series processors from the official online store, AMD is also giving away a copy of the Uncharted: Legacy of Thieves Collection game collection. 

    The listed price of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in the U.S.is currently the lowest.It costs $369 at MicroCenter retailer, $349 at Amazon for the processor, and $331 at Newegg.However, the chip is not available in all stores.

    The price of the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has also been reduced in Europe, VideoCardz notes.If at the start of sales it was offered for 499 euros, now the processor can be purchased for 349 euros.

AMD prepares for further revenue decline - PC market situation will improve only in 2023

AMD quarterly conference revealed that the company's revenue in the consumer segment on the background of declining demand for new PCs decreased by 40% compared to the same period last year.
At the same time, the trends in which the market is developing at the moment are not so unambiguous as to characterize them by any single definition.
It is only clear that now the market is falling, but recovery is not far off, believe AMD.Source image: AMDFirst, AMD CEO Lisa Su (Lisa Su) explained that revenue in the client area in the third quarter decreased, among other reasons, due to lower number of processors sold.
Their average selling price also declined in a sequential comparison, as more expensive processors were depleted faster in terms of inventory.
In year-on-year comparisons, the average selling price went up, and this can be explained by the continuing tendency to shift the focus towards more expensive models.
The head of AMD even added that the company's position is strong in the premium, gaming and corporate customer market segments, and it expects to strengthen its position in these areas going forward.
In the long term, the price structure of AMD products supply in the client segment should not change, as the head of the company is convinced.As noted earlier today, AMD management expects to reduce the number of computers sold in the whole market by 20% this year, and next year's decline will be limited to 10%.
The company will continue to actively get rid of inventory in the fourth quarter, and this process is somewhat accelerated in a sequential comparison, and in general by the end of the year AMD will be in better shape, but it should be understood that the revenue in the current quarter slightly reduced in the client segment, as well as in the gaming.
In the latter case, such dynamics can be explained by the fact that the peak demand for components for gaming consoles occurred in the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter it traditionally declines.
New gaming video cards with RDNA 3 architecture, which will be presented this week, though will be able to revive the market in the fourth quarter, losses from the decline in demand for game consoles components will not be able to cover.
But next year AMD expects to maintain revenue in the gaming segment at the level of the current year, which, given the high base effect formed by the last stages of the cryptocurrency boom is quite optimistic.In general, speaking of the PC market, AMD management expects to overcome major problems in the current quarter and early next year, and the rest of 2023 should already contribute to the PC market recovery, according to Lisa Su.
In the customer segment, she promises to introduce some new products (most likely the new Ryzen 7000), which, combined with the recently announced Ryzen 7000 processors, will help revive interest in the brand's products.Moreover, at retail, even in the third quarter, sales volumes of Ryzen 5000 processors grew, according to Lisa Su, but only when it comes to desktop models.
With the expansion of the range of motherboards with socket AM5 more affordable models in the current quarter will increase the popularity of the new family of Ryzen 7000 processors, as the company's management expects.
AMD is not ready for the aggressive pricing policy for the sake of reducing the inventory, because it is important for it to maintain the profitability indicators.
Last year, for example, the company did not fight for the segment of Chromebooks, because it was based on too cheap processors, the release of which was unprofitable for the company.

The unreleased eight-core Ryzen 7 5700

AMD may release another Cezanne series processor.
The Ryzen 7 5700 has been found in the Geekbench 5 synthetic test database.
Apparently, the chip is a version of the hybrid APU Ryzen 7 5700G, lacking an integrated graphics core.Image source: AMDThe Ryzen 7 5700 processor's affinity with the Ryzen 7 5700G is hinted at by its equipment.
The chip is built on the Zen 3 architecture, has eight physical cores with support for 16 virtual threads and received 16 MB of L3 cache memory.
The difference between models is in clock speeds.
The Ryzen 7 5700G has a base frequency of 3.8 GHz, while the Ryzen 7 5700 model has 3.7 GHz.
At the same time, the maximum frequency in both cases is the same - 4.6 GHz.
But the main difference between the chips, as mentioned above, is the Ryzen 7 5700 model's lack of integrated Radeon Vega graphics.
So why can't it be the Ryzen 7 5700X version? At least the latter has twice as much cache memory of the third level, and the base frequency is lower.Image source: Tom's HardwareThe Ryzen 7 5700 scored 1546 points in the single-core test, and 8502 points in the multi-core test.
By comparison, the Ryzen 7 5700G scores 1,547 points in the single-threaded test and 9,032 points in the multi-threaded test.
In other words, the Ryzen 7 5700G is about 6% faster in the second case.
All indications are that the Ryzen 7 5700 is still the same Ryzen 7 5700G, but only with base frequency lowered by 100 MHz and without the mentioned iGPU.
Source image: GeekbankshAt the moment, it is unknown whether AMD plans to release the processor to retail or it will be distributed through PC OEM manufacturers.
Or maybe AMD will not release this chip at all.
Recall that the Ryzen 7 5700G cost $359 at the launch of sales.
Now it has dropped to $289.
How much cheaper the Ryzen 7 5700 will be priced is still unclear.
The forecast is also complicated by the fact that the more productive Ryzen 7 5700X model now sells for about $287.

All MSI 300-series chipset-based motherboards get support for Ryzen 5000 processors

MSI announced that all of its 300-series AMD chipset-based motherboards (A320, B350 and X370) get support for Ryzen 5000 CPUs based on Zen 3 architecture, including the latest Ryzen 7 5800X3D with 3D V-Cache extended memory technology.
Picture source: MSIThe company notes that support is provided by new BIOS firmware based on AMD AGESA COMBO PI V2 1.2.0.7 library set for mainboards.
Release of updated versions of BIOS will begin in the middle of this month.The manufacturer also announced that it will begin releasing beta versions of BIOS based on the specified AGESA libraries for AMD 400 and 500 series motherboards at the beginning of June.
The update will address the problem of Windows 10 and 11 freezes on systems with Ryzen and fTPM enabled.

ASRock started to provide AMD X370 motherboards with Ryzen 5000 support - only the firmware for X370 Pro4 is supported so far

ASRock has released BIOS update for X370 Pro4 motherboard on AMD X370 chipset, which adds support for Ryzen 4000 (Renoir) and Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) processors. It looks like AMD is really working on making motherboards with AMD 300-series chipsets compatible with current generation CPUs.

AMD keeps reiterating that adding support for new CPUs to old motherboards & ; is not an easy task. In no small part, the problem is related to the limitations of the BIOS memory where data about support for certain processors is entered. Some issues are also related to the design specifics of older motherboards & ; not all of them have effective enough power supply subsystems (VRM) to provide the declared performance level of all Ryzen 5000 processor models. In addition, older boards do not have support for some technologies, such as PCIe 4.0, which is supported by the newer CPUs. Nevertheless, some unofficial modified BIOS versions for AMD 300-series boards with partial Ryzen 5000 support have appeared earlier on the web. Some manufacturers even claimed to release official BIOS versions for these boards, but then quickly removed their announcements and updates. ASRock has released two versions of BIOS for the X370 Pro4 board, installation of which allows you to eventually use the new AMD processors on it. However, the installation process will require patience. First of all, you need to install BIOS version 7.00. It is a transitional BIOS. The company warns that before installing it on the X370 Pro4 motherboard, make sure that no Bristol Ridge series processor (AMD A-series and Athlon X4 models) is used in the system, as the new firmware has removed support for these chips.

After that, you need to install BIOS version 7.10, which adds support for Renoir and Vermeer processors. The company does not recommend installing this version of BIOS if the PC owner uses Pinnacle Ridge (Ryzen 2000 and Ryzen 2000 Pro models), Raven Ridge (Ryzen 2000G, Athlon 200 and Athlon 200 Pro) and Summit Ridge (Ryzen 1000, Ryzen 1000 Pro) processors with the X370 Pro4 board and does not plan to switch to Ryzen 4000 and Ryzen 5000 processors. New BIOS versions for X370 Pro4 board with support for AMD Renoir and Vermeer processors can be found on the official ASRock website. There you can also check the list of supported CPUs;

ASUS and Gigabyte unexpectedly add support for Ryzen 5000 chips on their AMD A320 chipset

Some motherboard manufacturers released new versions of BIOS, which add support for AMD Ryzen 5000-series processors to their motherboards equipped with AMD 300-series chipset. According to Tom’s Hardware, ASUS and Gigabyte have done just that.

Ever since the release of Ryzen 5000 (Vermeer) processors, it has been known that they are not supported by older motherboards. To get around this limitation, some owners of AMD X370 chipset based models, at their own risk, started to use modified versions of BIOS, which provided support for new chips. However, using this firmware does not guarantee the stability of the system. Modified versions of BIOS have not become widespread, as they were released only for certain PC models. The official support for Zen 3 on A320 chipset allows us to use the latest AMD processors.

New version of ASUS Prime A320M-K motherboard BIOS.

We would like to believe, that when ASUS and Gigabyte make official flash files available, other manufacturers will follow suit in the near future. Tom’s Hardware reporters approached AMD to see if the company has changed its attitude towards Zen 3 compatibility with 300-series boards. At the time of publication, the company has not responded to the request. Socket AM4 processor socket is one of the longest-lived on the market at the moment & ; it has seen four generations of AMD Ryzen processors. Motherboards with A320 chipset usually have BIOS chips with very limited capacity, so ASUS and Gigabyte had to make some sacrifices to make them work with Ryzen 5000 processors. In particular, the companies removed support for 7th generation AMD A-series processors and Athlon X4 (Bristol Ridge) series chips from the new firmware. However, this is a minor compromise for those who would like to be able to use the new AMD processor without significant costs.

First mini-PC based on flagship AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX processor announced

Morefine Focus and Minisforum announced that they are developing compact nettops equipped with AMD Ryzen 5000H mobile processors. Both systems will use the flagship eight-core Ryzen 9 5900HX with up to 4.6 GHz.

Only Morefine Focus has provided more details about its upcoming new product. The MoreFine S500+ MiniPC will get an eight-core and sixteen-thread Ryzen 9 5900HX with an unlocked multiplier and automatic overclocking function up to 4.6GHz. There's enough space inside for two M.2 2280 NVMe drives as well as one additional SATA SSD or 2.5" HDD.

The compact nettop will be able to offer up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 or LPDDR4 memory with up to 4266 MHz. Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.0 will provide wireless networking capabilities for your compact PC.

The package of external interfaces will include DisplayPort 1.4 and HDMI 2.0 slots and two LAN ports with data transfer rate up to 2.5 Gb/s. In addition, it will have seven USB ports: two USB 3.2 Type-A and one Type-C on the front and four USB 2.0 & ; on the back.

Minisofurm MiniPC based on Ryzen 9 5900HX

Both companies have not yet announced official announcement dates for their new products, as well as their prices.

Dell releases first Alienware gaming laptop on AMD processor in 14 years

Dell has officially unveiled the Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition gaming laptop. The last time an Alienware gaming laptop powered by an AMD processor was released was in 2007. It was a model Alienware mALX on AMD Turion 64 ML-44 chip. For the 2021 novelty, the manufacturer is ready to offer a choice of two chips - Ryzen 7 5800H and Ryzen 9 5900HX. Both of them are octa-core and have a standard TDP level of 45W. The first offers a maximum frequency of 4.4 GHz, the second offers 4.6 GHz.

As a graphics subsystem, the Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition is ready to offer mobile versions of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 or GeForce RTX 3070. For each, the claimed TDP level can be as low as 115W. NVIDIA Dynamic Boost technology improves clock speed and with it, gaming performance, and can add 10 watts to the TDP.

Also, the notebook is ready to offer up to 32 GB of DDR4-3200 RAM and up to two NVMe SSDs with up to 4 TB of total storage space.

The manufacturer offers three choices for the Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition 15.6-inch display: a panel with Full HD resolution and refresh rate of 165 or 360 Hz and the brightness level of 300 cd/m2, and also a panel with 1440p resolution, 240 Hz refresh rate and brightness of 400 cd/m2. Support for NVIDIA G-Sync technology is claimed for the latter two variants. The 1440p version of the display offers 100 percent DCI-P3 color space coverage. The Full HD variant offers 100% sRGB color space coverage.

The Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition gaming laptop has two USB 3.2 Type-C connectors, two USB 3.2 Type-A, as well as HDMI 2.1, audio combo jack and 2.5 Gigabit network adapter. Wireless networking capabilities provides new items support for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2. In China and the U.S. gaming laptop Alienware m15 R5 Ryzen Edition will be available on April 20. The price of portable gaming station will start at $ 1795. In other countries, the novelty will go on sale from May 4.