RackNerd's High-Performance Black Friday Plans Are Back – Starting at $19/Year with Ryzen 7950X

You're probably tired of sluggish VPS performance and underwhelming specs at "bargain" prices. Here's the thing: RackNerd just brought back their legendary 2023 Black Friday and 2024 New Year Ryzen 7950X VPS deals – the ones that sold out over 1.5 years ago and had people begging for a restock. We're talking instant deployment, AMD Ryzen 7950X processors, and blazing Gen4 NVMe storage. If you've been hunting for a VPS that actually delivers on performance without the usual compromises, this might be worth your attention.

Why This Matters (And Why It Won't Last)

So here's what happened. RackNerd's Ryzen 7950X lineup disappeared for over a year and a half. People kept asking. RackNerd finally listened and restocked – but there's a catch. This is a 72-hour flash sale, and once inventory runs out, it's done. No rain checks, no waitlists.

The plans are available across multiple US locations: San Jose, Dallas, Chicago, New York, and Ashburn. Stock levels vary by location, so you'll want to check availability during checkout. These aren't the usual oversubscribed nodes either – we're talking about actual Ryzen 9 7950X 16-core processors paired with Gen4 NVMe drives.

What You're Actually Getting

Let's cut through the marketing speak. Here's what the hardware looks like in practice:

Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (16-core, running at 4.5GHz base clock)
Storage: Gen4 NVMe – sequential reads hitting 3.34 GB/s, writes at 3.57 GB/s
RAM: Starting configurations with 2GB, expandable depending on plan
Network: IPv4 included, multiple datacenter options
Virtualization: KVM-based

The disk I/O numbers are pretty telling. Random 4K read/write operations clock in at around 143k IOPS combined, which means database operations and application loads won't leave you staring at loading spinners. For mixed workloads (the real-world stuff), you're looking at 5.64 GB/s on 512k blocks.

👉 Grab your Ryzen 7950X VPS before the 72-hour timer runs out – limited stock across all US locations

Performance Reality Check

Here's a Geekbench 5 snapshot from one of these boxes:

• Single-core score: 2041

• Multi-core score: 3732

What does that mean for you? Single-core performance matters for tasks that can't parallelize well – think certain web applications, single-threaded scripts, or latency-sensitive operations. The 2041 score puts this solidly above most budget VPS offerings that still run on older Xeon architectures.

Multi-core at 3732 means you've got headroom for concurrent workloads. Running multiple Docker containers? Processing background jobs while serving web traffic? This handles it without breaking a sweat.

Testing Before You Commit

Don't just take anyone's word for it. RackNerd provides test IPs for each location:

• Los Angeles (DC-03): 107.174.51.158

• San Jose, CA: 192.210.207.88

• Chicago, IL: 198.23.228.15

• Atlanta: 107.173.164.160

• New York: 192.3.81.8

• Dallas, TX: 198.23.249.100

• Ashburn: 107.173.166.10

These are standard routing configurations – no special optimizations or premium network paths. Fire up a ping test or MTR from your location. Check latency during peak hours if you can. The network performance you see during testing is what you'll get in production.

If you're serving a US-based audience, any of these locations will work fine. East Coast? New York or Ashburn make sense. West Coast traffic? San Jose or LA. Everything else? Dallas sits in the middle geographically and tends to balance latency across regions reasonably well.

The Storage Situation

Gen4 NVMe isn't just a buzzword here. Look at those fio benchmark numbers again:

• 4K mixed R/W: 1.14 GB/s total throughput

• 1M sequential: 6.92 GB/s combined

For context, most budget VPS providers are still on SATA SSDs (maxing out around 500-600 MB/s) or older Gen3 NVMe. This is a different league. If you're running anything that touches disk frequently – logs, databases, caching layers, build processes – you'll notice the difference immediately.

What This Actually Costs

Starting at $19/year for the base configuration. That's not a monthly rate – that's annual. Break it down and you're looking at under $2 per month for Ryzen 7950X hardware with Gen4 NVMe storage.

Higher-tier plans with more RAM and storage scale up from there, but the entry point is legitimately competitive. The usual caveat applies: promotional pricing doesn't include renewals at guaranteed rates unless explicitly stated, so factor that into long-term planning.

The 72-Hour Window

This isn't one of those "limited time" offers that mysteriously extends every week. RackNerd's flash sales typically mean what they say – 72 hours or until stock depletes, whichever comes first. Given that the previous Ryzen 7950X inventory sold out and stayed out for over 18 months, betting on a restock anytime soon would be optimistic.

If you've been waiting for a performance upgrade or need to spin up new infrastructure, this window matters. After it closes, you're back to whatever standard pricing and availability exists – which historically hasn't included these Ryzen configurations.

Bottom Line

RackNerd's brought back their Ryzen 7950X VPS lineup at throwback pricing for 72 hours. You get instant provisioning, Gen4 NVMe speeds that actually make a difference, and hardware specs that compete well above the budget VPS category. Stock's limited across multiple US datacenters, and once it's gone, recent history suggests it won't be back anytime soon. Test the network from your location first, pick a datacenter that makes geographic sense, and consider whether these specs match what you need. If they do, the pricing window closes faster than you'd expect.

👉 Check real-time stock availability and secure your high-performance VPS while slots remain