Save $149 on this 3-item gaming combo from Newegg
- ID
- 28126
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 24 Sep 2026, 8:45 PM
- Fetched
- 24 Sep 2026, 10:28 PM
- Provider
- Tom's Hardware
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/save-usd149-on-this-3-item-gaming-combo-from-newegg-usd1-050-buys-a-ryzen-7-9800x3d-32gb-of-corsair-ddr5-ram-asus-tuf-gaming-x870e-plus-motherboard-and-a-free-240mm-aio-and-amd-game-bundle
- Source URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/feeds/all
Summary
- Score
- 2.0
- Created
- 24 Sep 2026, 10:30 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developers
What happened
Tom's Hardware flags a Newegg bundle: $1,050 for a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32GB of Corsair DDR5 RAM, and an Asus TUF Gaming X870E-Plus motherboard, plus a free 240mm AIO cooler and an AMD game bundle — a claimed $149 saving over buying the parts separately. The article text itself is almost entirely paywall, newsletter and membership boilerplate; no benchmarks, no pricing history, and no non-US availability or shipping detail is included.
Why it matters
This is a US retailer deal post with no stated Malaysian pricing, shipping or warranty terms, so it is not actionable for local builders as written. The only usable thing is the bundle composition and the $1,050 / $149 figures, which you can use as a rough comparison point if you are pricing a 9800X3D build from a local retailer — but the text gives no evidence the bundle or the discount is available here.
Discussion angle
Worth 60 seconds at most: take the $1,050 parts list as a benchmark and ask the room what a comparable 9800X3D + X870E + 32GB DDR5 build actually costs from Malaysian retailers right now — the article offers no local data, so the value is in the room's own numbers, not the deal itself.