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This 1080p gaming CPU is down to $76 — it doesn't get much better for budget PC builders
Mar 25, 2025
AMD's Ryzen desktop CPUs have serious lasting power, and plenty of budget PC builders are taking advantage of the Ryzen 5 5500 being less than half price for a limited time.
Amazon's Big Spring Sale is now live, and I've been searching through all of the discounted items for some quality savings on PC hardware.
One of the most significant discounts I found is on the AMD Ryzen 5 5500 desktop processor (CPU) with six cores and a 4.2GHz boost clock.
While it's a few generations old at this point, it remains a dependable chip for budget builders who don't want to overspend.
The Ryzen 5 5500 CPU has a standard $159 price tag, but it's usually available between $90 and $110.
With Amazon's Big Spring Sale, however, the price has dropped to $76. That matches the previous lows spotted at Amazon, and I haven't found it for less anywhere else.
Why buy one of AMD's older AM4 processors?
AMD's CPU generations are generally classified alongside the architectural generation on which they're built and the socket they use to connect to a motherboard.
For example, the Ryzen 5 5500 that's on sale at Amazon launched in 2022 for the AM4 socket, and it uses AMD's Zen 3 architecture.
AMD made the switch to the Zen 4 architecture with its Ryzen 7000 chips, and again to Zen 5 with its Ryzen 9000 lineup.
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