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If they have enough "broken" 5800X3Ds to still release 2 new SKUs after 5600X3D, why did they limit the release of 5600X3D to only Microcenter? Or was 5600X3D a Microcenter-only product to test if there was enough demand? As a European I really want to see these cheaper 5000X3D CPUs here.
In the past AMD has answered high demand for lower SKU CPUs by down clocking their higher CPUs to the lower CPU's speed or by disabling cores. It's possible that the demand for the 5800X3D isn't high enough for them to get rid of their existing stock so they're doing that with those CPUs.