5 Best AMD Ryzen CPU Deals To Snag Before Expected Price Hikes

If you're looking at buying a new Ryzen CPU, the time is now, and we mean right now, as in literally within the next few hours. That's because AMD is expected to raise prices on its CPUs at the distributor level if it hasn't already done so. Yesterday, Mark over at OC3D said his sources confirmed AMD's intentions to raise prices on its CPUs "by midnight tonight." That was yesterday, so those price increases, if real, will have gone through already.

Prices haven't gone up at retailers yet, but that may be because AMD's increasing its pricing to its direct customers, which is to say its distributors. Once the stock in the channel sells through, prices might be higher than they are now. This is separate from the memory shortage that's both caused consumer DRAM to skyrocket in price as well as threatening ...