"The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is extremely powerful in games, which makes it easier to recommend than other recent processors like the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K or Ryzen 9 9900X. Especially if you’re building a rig with a powerful graphics card, the 9800X3D is going to be the best way to get the most performance out of whichever GPU you pair it with."

AMD is also expected to launch a 3D V-Cache version of its future Zen 6 CPUs, as it has done with the past couple of generations. However, no details about the particular configuration of this—how much cache it will be, whether it will apply to both CCDs, etc.—have yet been announced.

The latest AMD CPUs are already proving to be popular--here's where you'll likely find them in stock.