Recently, Amazon dropped the price of the 12-core Ryzen 7900X (Zen 4) and 8-core Ryzen 9700X (Zen 5) parts making them excellent deals on Prime Day. If you missed out on them, the retail giant is giving you another chance to pick up the latter as it is currently at its lowest price in nearly a year as it is now available for just $230 (purchase link under the specs table down below).
One of the interesting things about the 9700X compared to something like the previous gen 7700X is that the TDP of the former is 65 watts and so the chip would not require a 360 mm AIO or a very beefy air cooler for cooling, a 240 mm AIO or relatively inexpensive good quality air cooler should suffice.
The 9700X is a powerful processor for gaming and you can pair it up with GPUs of every tier, depending on the resolution you want to game at.
The key technical specifications of the Ryzen 7 9700X given in the table below:
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 16 |
| Base Clock | 3.8 GHz |
| Max Boost Clock | Up to 5.5 GHz |
| L1 Cache | 512 KB |
| L2 Cache | 8 MB |
| L3 Cache | 64 MB |
| Unlocked for Overclocking | Yes |
| Process Technology | TSMC 4 nm FinFET |
| Socket | AM5 |
| PCI Express Version | PCIe 5.0 |
| Default TDP | 65 W |
| Max Operating Temperature (Tjmax) | 95 °C |
| Thermal Solution (PIB) | Not included |
| System Memory Type | DDR5 |
| Memory Channels | 2 |
| Memory Speed | DDR5-5200 |
| Integrated Graphics | AMD Radeon Graphics |
| Graphics Cores | 2 |
| Graphics Frequency | 2200 MHz |
Get it at the link below:
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AMD Ryzen™ 7 9700X 8-Core, 16-Thread (100-100001176BOX): $229.99 (Sold and Shipped by Amazon US)
[Update: The Ryzen 7800X3D and 7600 are also fantastic deals. Check them out in this article here.]
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