Will it last? Good question, and only time will tell. That said, the Ryzen 7 5800X has sporadically appeared on retail shelves more often than the rest of the Zen 3 stack and other hardware that is missing. And, at the time of writing, it is available for purchase from many online suppliers, with MSRP pricing.
Amazon is offering free day shipping to Prime members, as well as free returns – you know, in case it is shipped in a padded and mutilated envelope along the way. In my experience, returning things to Amazon is as simple as possible, as long as the item is shipped and sold by Amazon (which is, in this case).
Newegg, in turn, has a slightly lower price and also offers free shipping. I haven’t given anything back to Newegg in a long time, and I don’t remember how it went. But if you want to save 99 cents, there you have it.
It’s not just Amazon and Newegg that are apparently stocked up, too. You can also buy the Ryzen 7 5800X from several other locations, such as direct from AMD, B&H Photo and Adorama. It is not in stock at Best Buy now, and only third-party vendors are selling the chip at inflated prices at Walmart. But that can change at any time, as at least five other stores have it in stock at the normal price.
It is $ 100 cheaper and has 8 cores and 16 threads to process a variety of workloads. Standard clocks scan at 3.8 GHz (base) and 4.7 GHz (maximum boost), and it also has 32 MB of L3 cache. It is a complete solid processor, suitable for general purpose productivity tasks, video editing, games and streaming. Obviously, more cores and wires will serve even better for some of these tasks, but even so, the Ryzen 7 5800X is a robust slice of silicon.