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Published on November 7th, 2020 | by Andrew Bistak

AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Desktop Processors Available Today

Today, AMD released the new AMD Ryzen™ 9 5950X, Ryzen™ 9 5900X, Ryzen™ 7 5800X and Ryzen™ 5 5600X desktop processors – the fastest gaming CPUs in the world delivering up to a 26 percent generational uplift in gaming performance.

AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors are available from major retailers and etailers starting at AU$469. For more information about the new AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors, please visit the webpage here.

Model $ AUD $ NZ
Ryzen 5950X $1249 $1389
Ryzen 5900X $859 $959
Ryzen 5800X $699 $779
Ryzen 5600X $469 $529

Additionally, AMD 500 series motherboards are ready for AMD Ryzen 5000 Series desktop processors today with a simple BIOS update. This broad ecosystem support includes more than 100 AMD 500 series motherboards from all major motherboard manufacturers. Support for AMD 400 series motherboards will be coming from partners by January 2021. For more information on getting your motherboard Ryzen™ 5000 ready please read our blog post here.


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When he's not trying to save the world, Andrew enjoys travel (although loathes turbulence), going to the movies, reading and being a dad to his two dogs (and now twins) with his wife.



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