RackNerd AMD Ryzen VPS Lineup Overview · San Jose / Dallas / Chicago / New York / Ashburn Multi-DC · Legacy Plans & Product Line
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RackNerd's budget VPS inventory is largely sold out, but AMD Ryzen 9 3900X / 7950X plans remain available across San Jose, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Ashburn and Atlanta. This archival overview catalogs the $15/yr Ryzen 512 MB SKU, 2023 Black Friday plans and 2024 New Year specials, mapping out RackNerd's AMD product line and test IPs.
✓ Pros
- Strong AMD Ryzen 7950X single-core performance
- Six US datacenters available (San Jose / Dallas / Chicago / New York / Ashburn / Atlanta)
- 1 Gbps port paired with NVMe SSD
- Official test IPs for pre-purchase line testing
- Double-traffic upgrade requests supported
× Cons
- Most of the cheap plans covered here are now retired
- AMD Ryzen tier prices sit above the standard KVM entry SKUs
- East Coast DCs (New York / Ashburn) have unfriendly China-route latency
- Popular plans go out of stock frequently
Status note on the plans covered
Updated 2026-04-23: the plans covered in this article have been retired. For the latest lineup, see the article "RackNerd Latest Promo: 5 Cheap US VPS Plans from $21.99/yr, 3 TB-20 TB Monthly Traffic @ 1 Gbps, Choice of New York / Los Angeles / Chicago / Dallas / Seattle / San Jose 6 Datacenters."
The content below is preserved as a reference to RackNerd's AMD Ryzen product line and legacy plans, useful for understanding how RackNerd structures SKUs on the AMD platform.
Current state of RackNerd cheap VPS
RackNerd restocked its cheap VPS plans across multiple datacenters days ago, but the inventory was wiped out within days — multiple plans are now only available in the US New York datacenter. New York sits on the US East Coast, so China-route latency is naturally far from ideal. Given the current market dynamics, RackNerd will likely remain in a long-running out-of-stock state.
Digging through the active SKUs, the AMD Ryzen series VPS still offers a choice of US datacenters — San Jose, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Ashburn — though pricing runs higher. For interested buyers it is worth picking up; the AMD line could also drop to East-Coast-only stock in the coming days.
$15/yr Ryzen 512 MB VPS
Go to RackNerdAvailable datacenters: San Jose, Dallas, Chicago, New York, Ashburn, Atlanta.
| Item | Spec |
|---|---|
| CPU | 1x AMD Ryzen 9 3900X Core |
| RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| Disk | 6 GB SSD Cached RAID-10 |
| Monthly traffic | 800 GB Premium Bandwidth (after doubling) |
| Bandwidth | 1 Gbps |
| IP | 1 Dedicated IPv4 |
| Virtualization | KVM / SolusVM |
| Price | $15/yr |
Double-traffic requests are supported, bringing the plan to 800 GB monthly traffic @ 1 Gbps bandwidth. All plans that have not been doubled can request the upgrade.
2023 Black Friday and 2024 New Year plans
Go to RackNerdThis batch is built on the AMD Ryzen 7950X platform + NVMe storage, with a choice of San Jose, Dallas, Chicago, New York and Ashburn datacenters.
| Plan Name | CPU | RAM | Storage (NVMe) | Traffic (after doubling) | Price/yr | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Black Friday 1 vCore | 1 vCore Ryzen 7950X | 1.5 GB | 30 GB | 5 TB @ 1 Gbps | $19 | Buy now |
| 2023 Black Friday 2 vCores | 2 vCores Ryzen 7950X | 2 GB | 40 GB | 8 TB @ 1 Gbps | $29 | Buy now |
| 2023 Black Friday 2 vCores Plus | 2 vCores Ryzen 7950X | 3 GB | 55 GB | 12 TB @ 1 Gbps | $45 | Buy now |
| 2024 New Year 1 vCore | 1 vCore Ryzen 7950X | 1.2 GB | 25 GB | 5 TB @ 1 Gbps | $18.88 | Buy now |
| 2024 New Year 2 vCores | 2 vCores Ryzen 7950X | 2.5 GB | 38 GB | 8 TB @ 1 Gbps | $32.98 | Buy now |
| 2024 New Year 2 vCores Plus | 2 vCores Ryzen 7950X | 4 GB | 65 GB | 12 TB @ 1 Gbps | $55.88 | Buy now |
Related review: RackNerd $19/yr Ryzen 7950X San Jose plan deep-dive review (performance off the charts, a win for China Unicom users).
RackNerd official test IPs
Go to RackNerdOfficial test IPs corresponding to each datacenter in the AMD Ryzen series, useful for pre-purchase line testing:
| Datacenter | Test IP |
|---|---|
| Ashburn | 192.3.254.158 |
| New York | 192.3.81.8 |
| San Jose | 192.210.207.88 |
| Chicago | 198.23.228.15 |
| Dallas | 198.23.249.100 |
| Atlanta | 107.173.164.160 |
Which scenarios fit the RackNerd AMD Ryzen series
Given the overall design of Ryzen 7950X high-frequency single-core performance + NVMe storage + 1 Gbps port, the AMD series is better suited for:
- Workloads needing single-core performance (PHP / Node.js / game servers / compile tasks)
- Small databases / cache layers sensitive to storage IO
- US West (San Jose) as a backhaul or relay node for China Unicom users
- US East (New York / Ashburn) as a frontend node for US / EU business
- Mid-to-heavy load small sites that need the NVMe + Ryzen platform combo
Summary
RackNerd has long operated on a cycle of "cheap plans restocked → sold out in days → out of stock → Black Friday / New Year refresh." The AMD Ryzen 7950X series sees relatively lower stock-out frequency due to its slightly higher price point and remains a backup option for RackNerd when supplying multiple datacenters.
For pure budget entry, the newer 5-plan KVM promo (from $21.99/yr) is the cleanest pick; for users needing single-core performance or NVMe IO, watch for the next AMD Ryzen restock window.
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