Micro Center’s AM4 starter kit with Ryzen 7 5800XT and Gigabyte B550M mobo sees 10% price drop
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Putting together a new gaming build in the current landscape is a challenge with the rising cost of RAM, SSD, and other chips; however, the Micro Center 5800XT and Gigabyte B550M bundle provides a workaround. This starter kit features an AM4 processor and motherboard, the former of which was released in 2024. What this means is that you can save on DDR5 RAM and Gen5 SSDs.
Since the older generation is comparatively cheaper, you can build a gaming PC much more easily, and the best part is that modern mid-range GPUs pair perfectly with the processor as well, so you won’t miss out on the gaming performance. In a limited-time offer, both of these components will cost you only $305.99, which is a steal. Also, the motherboard has four DIMM slots, so you can really ramp up the system memory if you want.
- Good value for money
- Perfect for a mid-range/budget build
- Motherboard has four RAM slots
- Can’t move up the AM4 platform a lot after the 5800XT
- Limiting yourself to an older platform
Why you should check out this offer
A very decent processor for gaming and work
The Ryzen 7 5800XT is like the Ryzen 7 5800X but overclocked. The main appeal for it is that it was launched recently and doesn’t require DDR5 RAM to operate. The 8-core and 16-thread design is perfect for everyday work, solid gaming performance, video editing, rendering, and other tasks. You can overclock it further for better output, and using an air cooler would be more than enough to keep it cool. It would be best matched with the RX 9070, RTX 5070, RX 9070 XT, and other mid-range graphics cards.
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Prices correct as of October 9th, 2026.
Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC R2
This is an mATX motherboard with a B550 chipset, which is perfect for the 5800XT. The 5+3 digital VRM design will ensure a clean and stable power supply to the processor. Besides that, there is a 1G LAN port, perfect for a wired connection and low-latency gaming. One thing to note is that it doesn’t have PCIe 5.0, but you’ll get a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot for the graphics card. StoreMI is another feature of this motherboard that accelerates the speed of storage devices for lower boot times and better overall efficiency.
You’ll get four RAM slots, which is great to see on an mATX motherboard, and the maximum supported capacity is 128GB DDR4 RAM. This means you can deck out your system if you want and get amazing multitasking performance.
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