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If you’re looking to buy a new PC or upgrade your existing rig, times are still tough. RAM, storage, and graphics card prices are through the roof, with no end in sight. PC builders need to seek out combo deals like this 4-item gem from Newegg that’s only $983.98 (~$155 off) retail, and it includes a free 240mm MSI AIO. For under $1,000, you get one of the fastest gaming CPUs around in the Ryzen 7 9800X3D, fast storage with Samsung’s 1TB PCIe 5.0 9100 Pro, 16GB (2x8GB) of Team Group DDR5 RAM, and a quality Asus B850 Max Gaming motherboard. Just add a power supply and video card for a complete gaming PC.
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This combo begins with one of the most popular and fastest current-generation CPUs for gaming, the Ryzen 7 9800X3D. This 8-core/16-thread Zen5-based processor has a base clock of 4.6 GHz and a max boost of 5.2 GHz, which is plenty of speed for any task. The 96MB of L3 cache on the X3D variant helps with gaming (among other things), making it one of the fastest gaming CPUs available. It is also a well-rounded performer that excels in games and is a good match for all but the most thread-intensive applications. This combo also includes a free MSI MAG Coreliquid A13 240mm AIO, which easily tames this processor.
