Micro Center announced today that AMD’s new, limited-edition Ryzen 5 5600X3D processor would be available exclusively at its stores for $229 while supplies last. In a completely unique arrangement between AMD and Micro Center, the retailer will be the sole source of Ryzen 5 5600X3D processors for the duration of their availability.
The six-core 12-thread Ryzen 5 5600X3D features 96MB of total L3 cache, which comes courtesy of AMD’s game-boosting 3D V-Cache tech, and drops into AM4 platforms that support DDR4 memory, thus providing a lower-cost pathway to a powerful budget gaming system that will trade blows with the best CPUs for gaming, perhaps even taking the crown of the best mid-range gaming chip. The Ryzen 5 5600X3D rounds out AMD’s portfolio of gaming-specific X3D processors, which now spans from $229 up to $669.
Intel’s Core i5-13400 processors currently lead the mid-range gaming market, but the Ryzen 5 5600X3D will have overall similar pricing yet likely provide faster gaming performance. It could even potentially rival far more expensive processors, like AMD’s own $540 Ryzen 9 7950X, and could even be the best bang-for-the-buck chip in recent memory.
