If you're in the process of building out a new gaming PC and you're looking for the best gaming processor, this is it. Right now, the recently released AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D AM5 desktop processor is back in stock at Amazon at its retail price of $479 shipped.

W hen it comes to PC gaming if you’re looking to build a beast of a PC, you want the best components possible, and the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is arguably the best CPU on the market

This is true for CPU-bound titles especially when the highest-end GPUs (such as Nvidia’s RTX 4090) are used and what CPUs such as the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D aim to address. The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is an 8-core 16-thread CPU that is indisputably the fastest gaming CPU money can buy currently – that is if you can find it on a shelf physically or virtually.

AMD says the 9950X3D should be around 8 percent faster on average than the previous 7950X3D, based on benchmarks run on 40 games at 1080p. The gaming performance should be similar

AMD announced its Ryzen AI Max processors at CES, ushering in a new series of AMD-based AI PCs and laptops. The chipmaker also unveiled low- and midrange CPUs with AI capabilities, ensuring that buyers with different budgets have a chance to snag an AI PC.