The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X is a gaming CPU that blew us away when Katharine examined it the opposite week. Despite solely having 4 cores to its title, it’s a surprisingly highly effective processor and its value is a really cheap RRP of £115 / $120. That’s the excellent news. The dangerous information is that everyone seen, and now it’s briefly provide as folks clearly love a discount. So we’ve finished some digging and located the very best costs for the Ryzen 3 3300X proper now, in addition to the place you possibly can truly get your palms on one.
If you’re a price-conscious shopper, you may need to watch for issues to settle again down, as inventory shortages has induced numerous value inflation because it got here out. But when you’re ready to pay just a little extra to fill the processor-shaped gap in your construct, then right here’s a roundup of the place you possibly can truly discover it proper now.
The least expensive place with inventory proper now could be CCL Online, the place the CPU is promoting or £125. It’s truly the same price at Overclockers UK, too, however throw in postage prices and CCL is the place to purchase – except you occur to be buying different stuff on the similar time, I suppose.
You also can purchase it at Amazon – however it’ll cost you £133 as a result of it’s truly going by way of a third-party vendor resulting from Amazon’s present inventory having run fully dry). Clicking by reveals stated vendor to be CCL Online once more, so it’s possible you’ll as nicely minimize out the center Bezos and purchase straight from them when you will need to have it proper now.
However, you possibly can pre-order from Amazon stock for £115, and it’ll be dispatched when accessible. You gained’t be charged till it’s dispatched, however the down facet of that’s that they don’t know when that will probably be.
Scan can also be letting you pre-order the the Ryzen 3300X at cost price of £115, and truly have a date when inventory is due: 21st May. The draw back is that when once more you’ll be paying additional for postage, so as much as you as as to if the information of a supply date is price the additional value.
Otherwise, that’s just about your lot within the UK proper now. Other websites both don’t have it listed, or low inventory ranges prevents you from placing in an order, reminiscent of over on Ebuyer, the place it’s listed as £115, however gained’t allow you to add it to your basket.
As for our US buddies, we’ve but to seek out even one web site the place you possibly can truly purchase it but, and even AMD’s own website nonetheless has a ‘Notify Me’ button on availability. Needless to say, we’ll be retaining a detailed eye on the scenario and allow you to know once we spot it in inventory anyplace.
Either approach, wherever you purchase it, the Ryzen 3300X is a critically good processor, giving the costlier Ryzen 5 3600 and Intel Core i5-9600Okay a run for his or her cash. As Katharine wrote in her Ryzen 3 3300X review: “That’s an incredible feat for a $120 CPU, and it’s arguably one of the most impressive CPUs I’ve ever tested.”
