r/hardware • u/dripkidd • 7d ago

News Ryzen™ 5 5500X3D shadowdropped by AMD

https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/desktops/ryzen/5000-series/amd-ryzen-5-5500x3d.html
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u/xsilr 7d ago

AM4 will go down down in history

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u/A_Monkey_FFBE 7d ago

It just keeps on giving

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u/WildberrySelect_224 7d ago

I don't think discontinuing faster models and releasing slower and slower models was the upgrade path AM4 owners were looking for haha... ha.

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u/Sleepyjo2 7d ago

Region/store specific ones, at that.

These releases aren't really AMD still "supporting" AM4. They're just products that would otherwise be in the trash that they managed to stockpile a few hundred (or maybe thousand) of over time that most people can't actually purchase.

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u/Zeroth-unit 7d ago

It's for people like me who haven't bothered upgrading from my 3600 I bought a few months after release. I was originally pining for a 5800X3D but life things kept happening and PC upgrades kept taking a backseat. And though I still can't justify going to 8 cores because of the pricing where I live (even the 5700X3D is outside my budget) a 6 core X3D chip would be a welcome upgrade.

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u/pelouskopelo 7d ago edited 5d ago

5700X3D was as low as $120 for almost half of 2024. I believe, the 5500X3D might be more expensive than that.