By Sarfraz Khan
Publication Date: 2026-04-18 12:18:00
It’s disappointing to see where we are heading, but it appears that for PC hardware makers, nothing can save the current market except relaunching older hardware.
The Relaunch of Ryzen 7 5800X3D and GeForce RTX 3060 is Close, but is it Really Something We Wanted?
I think I got a little too excited for the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D when I heard it would relaunch soon, since I have been rocking the AM4 platform for years now. It has hardly been a year since it got discontinued, but AM4 has proved that a platform can last for nearly a decade when paired with strong generational CPU performance gains. Even though much faster X3D chips have been out since then, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D still holds up remarkably well today.
Now, as millions of gamers will get a chance to upgrade to the fastest gaming processor on the AM4 platform, it feels like getting new and faster hardware instead of a regression. Chips like Ryzen 9800X3D, 9850X3D, and the newly launched Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition blow Ryzen 5800X3D out of the water in both gaming and productivity, but not everyone can afford these chips. Surprisingly, it’s not because of the higher price tags these CPUs carry, but because high DDR5 prices have made it immensely difficult to build a powerful gaming PC on a budget.
By spending a $100 on an AM4 B450/B550 motherboard, $150 on a DDR4 kit, and a budget GPU like Radeon RX 9060 XT, one can build a PC for less than $1300 with a processor like…
