AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | $599.99 at Newegg If you don't quite have the budget for the new flagship, the 9900X3D still gets you the 3D V-cache boost over the original Ryzen 9000 top dog, but comes in $100 cheaper. This CPU sports 12 cores and 24 threads, so you're still getting a lot of horsepower to gallop with.

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AMD's new gaming and productivity king, the Ryzen 9950X3D, launched yesterday to rave reviews and incredible hype in the wider PC enthusiast community. But like the latest graphics cards from both AMD and Nvidia,