The way it works is pretty simple - you need to get your total basket over £250 for the AFF15 code to work. So, pick anything on the store that’s more than £5.51, like this Micro SD card, add it to your basket alongside the 5800X, then use the AFF15 code to bring the price down to the £235 we quoted. The game code will come with your order, no opt-in necessary, from what we understand.
Get Ryzen 5800X plus extras for £235 w/ code AFF15 (was £420) Get Ryzen 5800X with no extras for £226 (was £420)
So: why consider the 5800X? I think I’ve previously taken a decent stab at answering that question, so I’ll turn it over to Past Will. Here we go: In terms of performance, the 5800X delivers around 80% of the performance of the 7700X in some CPU-limited scenarios (eg gaming at 1080p with a good GPU), and much less when the GPU load is higher - either when you’re gaming at a higher resolution or when you have a less powerful GPU then the 3090 I used for my testing. So: £235 is an awesome price for a high-end CPU, and should leave a decent amount in your budget for a great graphics card that will contribute far more to overall gaming performance - especially as AM4 motherboards and DDR4 RAM are much cheaper than their next-gen counterparts.
