AMD Ryzen 5000 CPU Price, Availability and Where to buy in SA

Where to buy AMD Ryzen 5000 Series CPU in South Africa

AMD has recently launched its new series of processors, The AMD Ryzen 5000. The launch has left many gamers in a pursuit to update their rigs with these new chips.  The Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors promises serious gaming power, and its all due to the new and improved Zen 3 architecture that AMD announced a while ago. It’s no surprise that everyone’s is anxious and looking to get ahold of one to upgrade or for their next gaming PC.

AMD really impressed the Gaming world and many computer enthusiasts with the performance of Zen 3, which was also used on the new gaming consoles by Microsoft and Sony. But unfortunately, AMD encountered the same issue of “Stock Availability”.

‘Out of stock’ is sadly a term many of us tech users are dealing with a lot right now, from Nvidia Ampere RTX 30-series GPUs, such as the RTX 3080, to AMD’s RX 6800-series GPUs, to the Xbox Series X and PS5, and right now to the Ryzen 5000 CPUs.

Fortunately, the stock issues are not that bad in South Africa, especially for the lower end 5000 Series processors. Major stock problems seem to be more related to the higher end CPU, the Ryzen 9 5950X, but we still were able to find on sale in some stores.

Here are the places you can find and buy The Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors in South Africa.

Ryzen 9 5950X Desktop Processors

The Ryzen 9 5950X is the top processor of the series, and it comes with 16 CPU Cores, 32 Threads, a Base Clock of 3.4GHz, a Max Boost Clock Up to 4.9GHz, and with a default TDP of 105W. GPU required.

Price Range: R20,000 to R17,000

Where to Buy:

Takealot – (R18,999)
Evetech – (R18,499)
Wootware – (OUT OF STOCK)
PCLinkShop – (OUT OF STOCK)
Raru – (OUT OF STOCK)

Ryzen™ 9 5900X Desktop Processors

The second most powerful processor on the series, with 12 CPU Cores, 24 Threads, a Base Clock of 3.7GHz, a Max Boost Clock Up to 4.8GHz, and with a default TDP of 105W is the most cost-effective for most users. GPU required

Price Range: R14,000 to R11,000

Where to Buy:

Takealot – (R12,999)
Evetech – (R12,499)
Teknerds (R11,731)
PCLinkShop – (R11,399)
Wootware – (OUT OF STOCK)

Ryzen™ 7 5800X Desktop Processors

Ryzen 7 5800X is the third processor on the series, and it comes with 8 CPU Cores, 16 Threads, a Base Clock of 3.8GHz, a Max Boost Clock Up to 4.7GHz, and with a default TDP of 105W. External GPU required.

Price Range: R11,000 to R8,000

Where to Buy:

Takealot – (R10,499)
Evetech – (R9,999)
Wootware – (R9,999)
Raru – (R9,651)
PCLinkShop – (R8,499)

Ryzen™ 5 5600X Desktop Processors

Ryzen 5 5500X is the fourth and latest processor on the line, and it comes with 6 CPU Cores, 12 Threads, a Base Clock of 3.7GHz, a Max Boost Clock Up to 4.6GHz, and with a default TDP of 105W. External GPU required.

Price Range: R7,000 to R6,000

Where to Buy:

Evetech – (R6,799)
Wootware – (R6,799)
Raru – (R6,517)
PCLinkShop – (R5,999)

If you are based in Cape Town, we recommend buying it through WootWare. Their customer and sales support is amazing. We hope you have a great gaming season.

Availability and prices shown are according to the date of this article and may change it from the date you access this article.

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