It appears that AMD has finally resolved the supply issue for its Ryzen 7 9800X3D because the company's fastest gaming CPU on the planet has been re-listed on Amazon for $459, making it one of the lowest prices that we have seen for this processor. However, do not get too excited about this drop because we have witnessed these figures fluctuate like crazy on the online retailer, meaning that all it takes is a few webpage refreshes and you will notice that the price has immediately picked up, put the Ryzen 7 9800X3D out of your budget in the blink of an eye.

Fortunately, we are here to prepare you for the worst, so heed our warning when we say that this is the opportune time for you to grow some lightning-quick fingers and secure your purchase of the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. You can always add a motherboard and other components to the cart at a later time, but the processor takes priority over everything else. As for its performance, we have covered in our review that the CPU delivers unrivaled gaming capabilities while consuming less power thanks to being mass produced on TSMC's improved 4nm manufacturing process and sporting 96MB of L3 cache.

The highest clock speed attainable on the Ryzen 7 9800X3D is 5.20GHz, assuming you have a capable cooler, but even if you do not, this processor will bulldoze through those taxing applications like it was born to do so. Assuming you were unlucky that you could not secure a unit for yourself thanks to the sudden price increase, you get a lifeline for the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, which is currently listed on Amazon for $349 after a 22 percent discount. We will reiterate how quick you need to be to become the proud owner of one of these crucial parts, so time is of the essence.