What you need to know
- Ryzen 5 and 7 processors from the 2000 Series are on sale with some deep price cuts right now.
- The price drops come just a day ahead of the launch of AMD's new Ryzen 3000 Series chips.
- You can save up to $100 on chips like the Ryzen 2700, 2600, 2600X, and 2700X.
We're just around the corner for AMD's launch of its latest generation of Ryzen processors. In light of this imminent launch, Amazon has discounted a bunch of Ryzen 2nd-gen processors. Interestingly, Ryzen 3 CPUs are not included, so this just covers the Ryzen 5 and 7 right now. The discounts are considerable too, allowing you to pick up a new AMD Ryzen 7 2700 processor for just $200, a full $99 off the original listing price.
Other processors included in this promotion are the Ryzen 5 2600, Ryzen 5 2600X, and Ryzen 7 2700X. We have confirmed these price drops to also be present in other markets, including the UK.
Should you buy the current generation of processors from AMD or hold off for 3xxx CPUs? It depends on whether or not you want to save big in the short term or payout initial launch pricing for the latest tech. If you're just putting together a gaming rig or a PC that won't take advantage of the improved performance and other features AMD has added in the new CPUs, it makes sense to save up to $99 on a brand new Ryzen 2xxx CPU. Should you want the latest and greatest, hold out for a few more days.
The best AMD processor for most PC builds, this CPU offers solid levels of performance and can be overclocked should you have adequate cooling. It houses six cores and 12 threads.
The X improves on the Ryzen 5 2600 with higher factory-set clock speeds and increased TDP, making it the better option if you don't plan on doing some serious overclocking.
The Ryzen 7 2700 is an eight-core processor with 16 threads, making it ideal for intense workloads like photo and video editing.
This CPU takes everything that makes the Ryzen 7 2700 so good and bumps up the factory-set clock speeds a little.
