Sorry guys, i'm the one who wished computers would become popular back when i was an awkward preteen in the 90's. Oops.

AMD fucked up hard by discontinuing 5700/5800X3D

Guess it was good I jumped on the 5700X3D when I was able to.

Wonder what 3 series sells for... 3700X, etc.

Am I lucky or what. Built my first ever PC a few months ago before all this crap started. My only regret is going with 32gb ram instead of 64.

I really dodged the bullet by upgrading my aging 2600X with an 5950X and filling the memory banks to 64GB on my AM4 platform half a year ago, I really hope that the current price level entices a few new players to enter the market.

I bought some RAM about 6 months ago. It costs me $299AUD for 64Gb, the same set from the same store is now $1,399. That’s an insane increase.

I should sell my machine for more than I paid, I don't mind dropping back to AM3+/DDR3 if it means I can spec a replacement later and make some extra money on top of it.

Makes sense, considering DDR4 has only gone up 2x.
Though now I need to but the motherboard sooner than later, lest there be no good stock by the time I get to it.

And here I was thinking id just upgrade to one of these on my AM4 board... guess not.

This is the kind of weird stuff that happens near the peak of a bubble.

So glad I don’t have money for a new PC for some years anyways 😂

Jokes on them I just ordered a used r 5 5600x for a $140 upgrade. My shits old as dirt. I was on a 1600x and a 1060 GPU.

People a week ago: "you're all stupid, DDR4 is not impacted"

Just wait. Scarcity loves company.

I love my AM4 5800X3D system. Paired with a 6900 XT (nice card) and 64 gigs of ram there is nothing it can't run for me. I have played with newer gen stuff and its all worse (ether bad linux support, stability, or the hardware cooks itself).

I honestly wonder if this shift away from consumer facing products has something to do with the plateauing of hardware as much as chasing a quick buck. I would think that if AMD just restarted 5800X3D production people would be happy.

AM4 is the greatest CPU socket that has ever been created.

The fact some shitty athlons were sold on it, but also something like a 5800X3D that has held up so well that some people are still willing to pay this much years later is astonishing to me.

This is a weird post. 5800x3d might be "legacy" but other am4 chips are still being manufactured.

built a dual athlon. think it was on a tyan mb. remember it needed ec, maybe ddr

Now it's starting to make sense. Wanted to upgrade my old processor to something newer, but still AM4. Prices are stupidly high.

I orderes a new 5700x 2 days ago fearing they might vanish forever as there are probably only stocks left.

I had one added for around 2 weeks in my amazon cart, but over here, in Spain, they went out of stock meanwhile, so I managed to order one from pccomponentes.com and I'm glad I did.

I still get to keep my 32 Gb DDR4 for a couple more years, hopefully.

I guess my overheating 3800X is going to have to last a few more years...

Welp, time to make a straw doll of Sam Altman and start sticking it with pins. This bubble is taking way too long to burst.

I built my first PC a long time ago, with an AM4 board. I upgraded to 5800x3d a while back. Why do I feel like I'm going to keep using this same motherboard until I die?

I really wish they did another 5800X3D run (or even a 5800X3D XT). I missed the opportunity to buy it and the grey market prices are stupid.

I have a pretty solid AM4 rig; 3080 GPU (which is enough for my needs), x2 32 GB 16 CL 3600 memory. Tons of storage for HDD, PCIe 4 and PCIe 3 for different use cases, a solid cooling system.

I was planning to upgrade to AM5 next year, but I don't think it's happening. To be honest, the only way I am limited is the CPU.

So glad I built my PC between the crypto craze and COVID. Feels like I won some sort of really fucked up gamble.

I'm still running 5700g's bought during the great GPU shortage. Now we're dealing with the great RAM shortage and won't be able to upgrade anytime soon. Life is pain lol.

And here I am still with my hot old Piledriver....really missed the opportunity there

My son, who has a 5800x3d, complained last week about skyrocketing ram prices, just when he wanted to buy some extra ram. I told him that's mostly ddr5 ram and he needs ddr4 which is less affected. Apparently that's not true anymore.

Edit: now he's considering if he just wants to sell it and go without gaming for a while.

Turns out he only has the 5700x3d, although that's still worth more than he paid for that plus his GPU.

It's insane how the prices on all of the X3D have held up compared to pretty much every other CPU line (irrespective of vendor).

Thats misleading, yes prices CAN go that much but looking at what prices acturally are going for (sorting on ebay by recently sold) it seems the price is around $400-$600. These prices are not good by any means but keep in mind when it comes to AM4 CPUs you have less expensive options that are more than good enough, the 5900XT for example goes for half the price.

I still have my 5600x going strong.

Wasn't it because AMD replaced it with 5700X3D with a longer production run?

What are you gonna do with a 9800X3D without RAM? Upgrade the existing rig instead.

Got my 5800x3d in 22. Man I'm glad I built my system when I did. RIP PC gaming.

I bought the AMD R5 1600 (no X) in 2017 and overclocked it, ran on that until last year when I bought the Ryzen R7 5800X (no 3D).
This has been fine for me for gaming, I did spend a bit more on GPU, but still I'm doing fine on a modest budget for my PC IMO.
I did throw in a new motherboard for the 5800X, because the newer chipset is supposed to be better for the GPU/CPU communication.

But a 7 year life on the old R5 1600 is insane, and then being able to upgrade to a new CPU on the same motherboard is crazy, although I upgraded the motherboard anyway.