For Just $249, Micro Center Bundles Ryzen 5 5600X3D, 16 GB DDR4 RAM, And B550 Motherboard For A Limited Time
By Google News Technology ·
This is going to be one of the fastest, yet the cheapest X3D builds on an AM4 platform, provided you can visit your nearest Micro Center.
DDR5 memory and its platforms are crazy expensive these days. While we have an excellent $650 Ryzen 7700X3D, 32 GB DDR5, motherboard bundle selling at Micro Center, not everyone has the budget to spend over $600 in just three components. As DDR4 is still going strong, it's a good time to build a powerful DDR4-based gaming build that will cost you way less and will perform exceptionally well in gaming.
We stumbled upon one such listing on Micro Center, which is now bundling three components for those who want to build or upgrade their PCs with newer and faster parts. This bundle includes the AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D, a GIGABYTE B550 motherboard, and 16 GB DDR4 RAM for nearly $200 less.
The bundle usually sells for $444, but for a limited time, the retailer has slashed its price to just $249, making it the cheapest X3D bundle of all time.
The Ryzen 5 5600X3D might not be the fastest gaming processor, but it surely competes with AM5-based newer non-X3D CPUs in gaming. With 6 cores and 12 threads, and an additional 64 MB L3 cache, it's sufficient to push your frame rates into the triple digits, provided you pair it with a decent budget GPU like the Radeon RX 9060 XT.
Install it on the GIGABYTE B550M DS3H AC R2 motherboard, and you get all the basic features in a compact form factor.
Then add two sticks of 8 GB DDR4 RAM, and half of your build is complete. For users on a tight budget, there isn't any better deal than this one, but you will need to visit your nearest Micro Center store to get this deal.
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