AMD Launches Combat Crate Bundles: CPU, GPU, & Motherboard In a Box

Stefan Mileschin · 27th April 2018, 14:12

AMD on Wednesday announced its Combat Crate bundles, an initiative aimed to deliver a complete set of barebones PC hardware straight to the hands of gamers. The bundles will initially be available in North America and will enable DIY enthusiasts to get essential gaming PC components at a predictable price.

AMD’s Combat Crates include the company’s six-core Ryzen 5 1600 or eight-core Ryzen 7 1700 processor, an MSI B350 Tomahawk motherboard, as well as MSI’s Gaming Radeon RX 580 Armor graphics card with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory. The more affordable bundle featuring the six-core CPU will retail for $549, whereas the Combat Crate with the eight-core Ryzen will be more expensive.

Meanwhile, if you take a closer look at pricing of the Ryzen 5 1600-based Combat Crate bundle, it will become evident that the bundles were assembled not to provide significant discounts, but rather to offer stable pricing on select components. If the value of the CPU and the motherboard are deducted from the said Combat Crate bundle, the Radeon RX 580 with 8 GB of memory will be priced at $288, which is $39 lower than its retail price was at press time, yet $59 higher than its MSRP.

https://www.anandtech.com/show/12684...-crate-bundles

27th April 2018, 14:12	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 148,597	AMD Launches Combat Crate Bundles: CPU, GPU, & Motherboard In a Box AMD on Wednesday announced its Combat Crate bundles, an initiative aimed to deliver a complete set of barebones PC hardware straight to the hands of gamers. The bundles will initially be available in North America and will enable DIY enthusiasts to get essential gaming PC components at a predictable price. AMD’s Combat Crates include the company’s six-core Ryzen 5 1600 or eight-core Ryzen 7 1700 processor, an MSI B350 Tomahawk motherboard, as well as MSI’s Gaming Radeon RX 580 Armor graphics card with 8 GB of GDDR5 memory. The more affordable bundle featuring the six-core CPU will retail for $549, whereas the Combat Crate with the eight-core Ryzen will be more expensive. Meanwhile, if you take a closer look at pricing of the Ryzen 5 1600-based Combat Crate bundle, it will become evident that the bundles were assembled not to provide significant discounts, but rather to offer stable pricing on select components. If the value of the CPU and the motherboard are deducted from the said Combat Crate bundle, the Radeon RX 580 with 8 GB of memory will be priced at $288, which is $39 lower than its retail price was at press time, yet $59 higher than its MSRP. https://www.anandtech.com/show/12684...-crate-bundles

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