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[CrankyOldBugger]

In this case, there wasn't a lot of historical on the Canadian site (scroll
down), but holy smokes did the price drop just recently...


On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 11:01, Jason <jasonpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, but there is way more historical data on the US site, even if
> it's annoying to do the currency conversion.
> Unless I'm missing something?
>
> CCC Canada:  https://3cmls.co/CA/B0CG6BPJ81
> CCC USA:  https://3cmls.co/US/B0BTZB7F88
>
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at 10:56 AM CrankyOldBugger
> <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I was just going to say to head to camelcamelcamel.ca, but I noticed
> you had that link.  But keep in mind that there's a Canadian version (.ca),
> so you don't have to contend with gringo prices.
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 26 Oct 2023 at 09:41, Jason <jasonpa at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> FYI - The Ryzen 7 7800X3D is better at gaming than the Ryzen 9
> >> 7900X3D, despite the latter having more overall cores.  Here's why:
> >>
> >> The 7900X3D uses a two chiplet (CCD) layout, where the 3D V-Cache is
> >> stacked on top of only one of the chips.  This means only 6 of the
> >> cores have access to the 3D V-Cache.
> >> If you're playing a game that uses cores on both chips, the shared
> >> data needs to get pulled over the infinity fabric, and this causes
> >> performance issues.
> >> Also the AMD core parking/scheduler is apparently not very good.
> >>
> >> This video explains it in detail:
> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B31PwSpClk8
> >>
> >> I'm going to return the 7900X3D chip (unopened), and wait for Black
> >> Friday and try to get a 7800X3D for a lot cheaper.
> >> I paid $629 for the 7900X3D during the last sale.  Right now it's "on
> >> sale" for over $700.
> >> The most recent price drop for the 7800X3D was $499 on Newegg, which
> >> was an all time low.  You can track pricing here:
> >>
> >> https://camelcamelcamel.com/product/B0BTZB7F88
> >>
> >> I'll wait until Black Friday and see if it drops even lower, or pick
> >> it up at that price again.
> >> Either way, I'll save more than $100, and get better gaming
> >> performance at the same time.
> >>
> >> Just a PSA, as I didn't do enough research and just found out why the
> >> 7800X3D was so much more popular.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Jason
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 9:02 PM Chris Frey <cdfrey at foursquare.net>
> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 02:15:33PM -0400, Cedric Puddy wrote:
> >> > > Thanks for the trip down memory lane!  Hope it was interesting,
> >> >
> >> > It was!  Thank you!
> >> >
> >> > - Chris
> >> >
> >> >
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