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AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
AM5, 3.80 GHz, 8 -Core
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Runs as it should
I think the current price is fair. You can assemble a relatively cheap and fast gaming PC and have the latest technology. It's not a workstation processor, you just have to know that. But the desktop and above all gaming performance has increased for me compared to an Intel 13th. It also only warms up well under load and doesn't get hot.
Pro
- Price-performance ratio
- Cool
- ZEN5
- Gaming performance
Ignore the bad reviews, better than the 7700x
At the current price of about 30 francs more than the previous model, I would definitely go for the 9700x. Even if the gaming performance has only increased by about 5%, the Zen 5 architecture still delivers about 15-20% more performance on average in other applications at the same power level. Nobody will regret the few francs more you have to spend on it...
The 2.5 star average rating is not at all representative of this product...Good processor
In terms of performance, the processor remains very cool and therefore the system very quiet. With a little tuning (voltage limitation set back) there is a significant increase in performance, but then the processor also gets warmer. AMD should have made better adjustments.
Pro
- Price-performance ratio
- Very good for single-proc work (Office, starting small auxiliary programmes)
- Video editing performance very good (compare AMD 3600)
- Efficient - no high temperatures
Excellent performance at a good price
It's the same CPU as the 9800x3D only without the 3D cache, which only has an impact for games played in 1080p. For all other applications, they're really very similar, but this one costs almost half as much and is in stock ;-)
Info: you can increase the TDP from 65W to 105W in the BIOS (if the motherboard supports it), which is officially supported by AMD.Pro
- One of the best processors around, and one of the least power-hungry
If you can afford it, buy it.
I write this kind of mini-review here, only because I find the here at digitec existing 3/5 stars at least a bit unfair.
The price might be to high, yes. An Intel CPU at 1/3 the 9700X price performs more than half. So it's by far not the best bang for the buck, it is simply not part of that class. Like a car or a road bike that performs twice as much as another, it doesn't cost twice, rather more than trice (the cost rises exponentially with the performance, not linear, and this sadly is so everywhere)
Price aside, I really like this CPU. It shines however, if you give it a good motherboard and cooling solution along with some time to tweak it. Like putting a Ferrari Motor in a Trabant Chasis wouldn't accomplish much, will still run faster. So is the case with this CPU if you put it in A620 with a stock cooler.
Please remember that all I say are my own views. The "hidden" power of this CPU lies in its undervolting abilities together with its generational improvements (As far as I know, performance/wats is a criteria more relevant than performance alone. Try this same perf/TDP on a Raphael!)
I can't think that I somehow won the silicon wafer lottery with my chip, so, here are my results:
On a A620 mb, both limited by a spire stock cooler and no OC, in timespy, a 7600 had a 9000 and 9700X a 13000 score. Without boost (CPB dis, same 3.8Ghz base freq as max) 7500 vs 11400. Scaling a 7600 6c to a 7700 8c would bring no more than 10000 score, in the same conditions.
Now just about my 9700X, in an air cooled SFF:
It took me quite some time to realize that my CO (curve optimizer) got all the way down to -50. Even some more via CS (curve shaper). I found my C0 and C2 to be the best ones with C6 and C7 the worst (the individual factory curves).
Configured to 88W PPT (65W TDP equivalent), SMT on, with own tuned CO and CS on a X670E in PBO, 5Ghz is reached on all cores (CB R23 and timespy CPU), with R23 sub 70°C and CPU VDD on average <1V. Not to ignore, a DDR 6000 @1.35V is used (with jdec 4800 being significantly cooler). Otherwise, it happily boosts to 5.6Ghz.
I am capped at 5.4Ghz all cores full load (with SMT) as PPT would trespass over 85C (my own comfort and noise zone) and the performance increases, yes, but it's just not worth the exponentially increasing power, heat and fan noise, for the diminished return in perf. nor do I know about a game that suffers if there is less than 5Ghz on all 16 threads. My sweet spot is around 102W PPT 4 this CPU
I made some XLS graphs of my own profiling (which I do not consider yet finished or stable nor appropriate for anyone to try, the graphs themselves are with SMT off) just to prove my point:
"no generational gain" is just a bs copy/paste from internet. For the "too hot" part, you can easily set the temp limit to whatever you like, e.g 75C and let the performance simply scale with the cooling solution. I don't think a zen4 will ever yield the same perf under the same conditions (incl. same RAM config)Pro
- Undervolting
- One of the best Perf/TDP for games
- Fits everywhere, from a mini-itx up to a fridge, you're limited by your cooler
Contra
- A bit on the pricey side
- Underrated
- If you need more than 16 threads of so called "efficient cores", look elsewhere
Super
Really good CPU I don't understand the negative reviews. Sure, the 7 7700x is close in performance, but it also consumes more power. If you overclock the 9700x it becomes an absolute beast.
Pro
- 65 TDP
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