AMD's New Ryzen 7 5700X and 5600 Drop To All-Time Low Prices for Prime Day (Updated)

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AMD's Ryzen 7 5700X is one of the best offerings in the company's latest salvo of chips, and today you can score this eight-core 16-thread processor for $249 at Amazon(opens in new tab), a savings of $50 and an all-time low price. Meanwhile, the recently-released Ryzen 5 5600 has been marked down to $179(opens in new tab), a savings of $20.

The Ryzen 7 5700X and Ryzen 5 5600 come with all of the hallmarks of AMD's Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 processors, so they support features like DDR4-3200 and the PCIe 4.0 interface.

At launch, our primary reservations with the Ryzen 7 5700X centered around price — the $299 MSRP didn't feel like much of a reduction from the ever-so-slightly better Ryzen 7 5800X. However, the $250 price point you'll find with this deal is a markedly better prospect — given that the Ryzen 7 5700X will drop right into existing motherboards, it's a no-brainer for upgraders because it is essentially identical to its higher-tier counterpart.

The Ryzen 7 5700X fully supports overclocking, including the memory. The chip doesn't come with a bundled cooler, but upgraders will be happy to know that any AM4-compatible cooler will work, provided it can handle the 5700X's 65W TDP. If you're interested in overclocking, you'll have to ensure that your existing cooler can handle the chip, though.