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The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D might seal Arrow Lake's fate unless Intel cuts prices to compete with the 9000-series

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A photo of an AMD Ryzen 7 9700X processor resting on top of an Asus AIO liquid cooler.
Jacob Fox, hardware writer
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This week I've been: Hardware nerd by day, philosopher by night, as I've been rushing to get my Ph.D. thesis finished for its fast-approaching deadline. Oh, and refreshing Amazon pages for some peripherals and other doodads I'm on the lookout for, ever-hopeful and ever-disappointed by UK deal prices.

It's been a long time coming but we now have official confirmation of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD's first 9000-series 3D V-Cache CPU. We've been told all sorts, including core count, clock speed, TDP, and the fact that the processor will sit on its cache rather than donning it like a hat.

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