By Darren Allan
AMD pitched its Ryzen processors to be highly competitive against rival Intel offerings, and these CPUs are increasingly looking better value for money, as something of a price-cutting battle is going on between online retailers.
Some of the biggest discounts (percentage-wise) have been applied to the Ryzen 7 1700X, the second-best processor in the range – it’s an 8-core chip running at a base clock of 3.4GHz with Turbo to 3.8GHz, and is only eclipsed by the flagship 1800X (which boosts
things up to 3.6GHz/4GHz).
As V3.co.uk spotted, the 1700X has been cut to £345 at Ebuyer, with Amazon undercutting that retailer at £344, and CCL Computers matching Amazon’s price. That’s down from the recommended retail price of £390, so represents a substantial saving of around 12%.
Some other retailers are bringing down the price of the 1700X to around the £350 mark. For example, Currys/PC World has the processor at £348, and Scan has it at £351.
So what about the beefy flagship Ryzen 7 1800X? The recommended price for this is £490, but you can now get it from Amazon for £429, and Overclockers UK has matched that …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components