The best thing about AMD's recent "XT" refresh is not that the new models are clocked slightly faster than their regular "X" counterparts, but that the prices of the older chips have dropped. For example, the 8-core Ryzen 7 3700X is on sale today at Newegg for $259.99. This is the lowest price to date. And with the 8-core Ryzen 7 3800XT at $399.99, the comparison is even less worthwhile.

Strictly speaking, this is not the new lowest price, as Micro Center was showing this price for a short period of time and for in-store pickup only (the current price at Micro Center is $269.99). However, this is the first time that an online retailer like Newegg can order a Ryzen 7 3700X and have it delivered to your doorstep for just $259.99.

The Ryzen 7 3700X remains one of the best CPUs for gaming and an excellent mid-priced choice for gaming PCs, based on AMD's current generation Zen 2 CPU architecture with 8 cores and 16 threads, a base clock of 3.6 GHz and a maximum turbo clock of 4.4 GHz. It operates with 32 MB of L3 cache.

When paired with an X570 or B550 motherboard, it also supports PCI Express 4.0. This paves the way to take full advantage of the extremely fast PCIe 4.0 SSDs, which can read and write at 5,000 MB/sec or even faster. [You will also receive "Assassin's Creed Valhalla" at no additional charge.