Start your new AMD build with Ryzen 7000 series CPUs on sale!

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Start your new AMD build with Ryzen 7000 series CPUs on sale!

Black Friday is a testing time for our wallets, with tempting PC deals everywhere (opens in new tab). While the economic turmoil is real, Black Friday deals make it one of the best times of the year to build a PC. With deals on all kinds of parts and peripherals, the more you save, the bigger the final price. Especially with deals like AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs, Black Friday sales can get you a PC that is much more powerful than your budget.

We can thank Tom's Hardware (opens in new tab) for seeing that Ryzen chips get some hefty discounts and found discounts on these CPUs available in the US Amazon store.The Ryzen 9 7950X (opens in new tab) is the best deal, at $573 (opens in new tab) from an MSRP of $699 and list price of $799, making this very high-performance 16-core CPU a savings of over $125. This is a pretty sweet deal if you're looking to build a beast of a Ryzen unit, at almost 30% off.

Next up, the Ryzen 9 7900X sells for $473, compared to $549 normally (open in new tab). Next, the Ryzen 7 7700X (open in new tab) drops from $399 to $348 (open in new tab), and even the Ryzen 5 7600X is reduced by $50 from $299 to $248 (open in new tab). That means that no matter what level of build you're going for, one of these CPUs may be just the right choice at a very good price.

The Ryzen 7000 series is based on AMD's latest Zen 4 architecture, so you won't be falling behind anytime soon with these chips. Compatible boards such as the ASRock X670E Pro RS (opens in new tab) or B650 series are required, especially if you are overclocking; some people are still shaving the heatspreader of their Ryzen 7000 CPU (opens in new tab) to improve cooling, so don't rule out Don't rule it out.

Another thing to keep in mind with this new series of chips is that you also have to consider DDR5 RAM for your machine. For a while they were hard to find and expensive, but the situation is definitely improving; see our best picks for DDR5 RAM (opens in a new tab).

The need for all these new kits means that doing a Ryzen 7000 series build is likely to be a complete overhaul of the setup. You may also need to consider new cooling and power supplies to increase processing power. Thankfully, we've gathered all of the best deals we can find (opens in new tab) to help you save as much as possible on your future dream build.

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