Overall and Final Verdict

AMD's 7000 Series CPUs and Zen 4 have been a long time coming and with just the four CPUs launched today, it seems that there will be more 7000 series to come in the future as they fill out their product stack. The Ryzen 7 7700X and Ryzen 5 7600X that I’ve taken a look at here today are both exciting with the single core/thread performance of the new architecture standing out in today's testing. The IPC performance is so good that the 7600X and the 7700X which are just 6 and 8-core CPUs outperformed almost everything that I’ve tested in the past except for the i9-12900K which is Intel’s flagship and costs nearly $600. In some of the tests that matter the most to me like gaming and real-world tests like Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Premier Pro, and web browser performance both CPUs did often top the charts. Who would have thought that either would have been a better pickup for those workloads?

The new AM5 socket brings more PCIe lanes and power which opens up the options as far as motherboard features. Not to mention AMD now has DDR5 and PCIe 5.0. The future is here! They haven’t skimped on the USB options when it comes to high-end chipsets as well, the Asus ROG Crosshair X670E Hero that AMD sent with our test kit has 8 Type-A connections and four Type-C connects on the rear I/O alone. With all of those being USB 3.2 Gen 2 speeds at a minimum and come being 3.2x2 or USB 4.0. That does lead me to one issue I am seeing for the initial launch. The X670 and X670E chipsets are launching tomorrow along with the four CPUs and the cheapest board options will be around $290 and boards like the Hero are $699. Add to that DDR5 which has come down in price some but without the flexibility of DDR4 or DDR5 like Intel has the initial buy-in cost for a new Ryzen 7000 Series setup is going to be expensive. AMD does have mid-range chipsets coming next month so those who don’t want to break the bank will just need to be patient. Beyond that both CPUs did have unusually high power usage at idle and because of how precision boost 2 adjusts clock speeds they had no problem cranking things up and using all of our 240mm AIO in testing.

As for pricing, the Ryzen 7 7700X has an MSRP of $399 which isn’t too bad for the performance you are getting. It is a $100 jump over its predecessor's launch price of $299, but that does get a little complicated because the 5600X also had a launch price of $299. Speaking of $299, that is the MSRP of the Ryzen 5 7600X and for me, this is looking like a great option. You can get great gaming performance and real-world office/photoshop/premiere pro performance is great. On top of that, you are getting in early in a socket that we know AMD will keep around for a long time which means upgrade options in the future and upgrade options as far as PCIe 5.0 for your GPU and storage if you end up with an X670E board.

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You might call him obsessed or just a hardcore geek. Wes's obsession with gaming hardware and gadgets isn't anything new, he could be found taking things apart even as a child. When not poking around in PC's he can be found playing League of Legends, Awesomenauts, or Civilization 5 or watching a wide variety of TV shows and Movies. A car guy at heart, the same things that draw him into tweaking cars apply when building good looking fast computers. If you are interested in writing for Wes here at LanOC you can reach out to him directly using our contact form.

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