AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 Arrive on Amazon $20 Above MSRP
AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 are finally available in the US, but both are selling above their announced pricing.
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| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
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| Corroborationleads | 0.35 | 0.61 | +0.215 47% | 2 distinct tier-1/2 orgs, counted once each: Tom's Hardware. Saturates at 5. |
| Source trust | 0.25 | 0.82 | +0.204 45% | Tom's Hardware is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 0.00 | +0.000 0% | The sources carry no usable publish times, so the rate could not be measured from them directly. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.18 | +0.036 8% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
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What happened
Nearly two weeks after they were announced, AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 (non-F) are available for sale, though prices are slightly above MSRP. AMD's Ryzen 5 5500F and Ryzen 5 7500 are finally available in the US, but both are selling above their announced pricing. On Amazon, the Ryzen 5 5500F lists for $120 and the Ryzen 5 7500 for $210, each $20 over AMD's MSRP of $99 and $189, respectively. The Ryzen 5 5500F has been spotted fluctuating between $118 and $125. Both listings are sold directly by Amazon rather than third-party sellers, so this doesn't appear to be a case of resellers padding the price. AMD revealed the two budget chips nearly two weeks ago, though they only became available for purchase now.
How this story arrived
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- 01 Tomshardware first seen AMD Ryzen 5 5500F and 7500 show up at retail with pricing above MSRP — budget CPUs are $20 m
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