I don’t have much to add to what other reviewers have said. The CPU works to spec and I’m happy with it but I noticed my 7700x ran very hot during certain process, nearly hitting the thermal limit and hanging around there. It’s technically fine but I was not happy with it.

There is a YouTube channel called “Optimum” and the channel provides a tutorial on how to do a PBO2 tune for the Ryzen 7000. I followed the instructions exactly and was able to shave off about 30 degrees (celsius) from the temperature under load with negligible performance differences.

What a great CPU. No matter what I throw at this CPU it takes it. Great for gaming. AMD has been my go-to for over 20 years now and I stumbled once and bought an Intel and that won’t happen again. I run my servers with AMD and they never fail and take all demand with no problems. When using Linux with Intel I would get some problems so that cured me now all I use is AMD and everything is running smoothly. As long as I keep building PCs for my friends and some businesses in my area they will all have AMD CPUs so I know I will never have any problems or calls for service. The Rizen 7 7700X runs cool and never gets over 130 degrees when doing heavy gaming when playing with 50 others or more in the game while running other programs in the background. I love AMD and lets not forget about overclocking which is so easy and never hurts the CPU

When I said I wanted an upgrade, I didn’t expect this much. I’m coming from a crispy Ryzen 7 3750H. Yeah, that old. I wanted a serious boost from my last setup (laptop) but didn’t want a 7800X3D, so I settled on this one.

This thing is fast! Games load within seconds, there’s no stuttering or lag, and it can render minecraft, 30 chunks, with shaders at a good 80 FPS (with a 4060). I see no downsides to this CPU. It’s perfect for mid-range builds!

Awesome CPU. Much bang for buck. Highly recommended for a gaming rig with the ability to do productivity things too. Very powerful CPU especially for the price. AMD all the way baby!

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The 7000 series processors are notorious for running at high temperatures, undoubtedly due to higher power consumption and additionally, this is assissted due to the thick IHS.
This processor, the 7700x, is fast (really good for mid range CPUs) and I was able to install it without any hiccups.
If you have kept up with the news regarding the AM5 motherboards, some of them (specially ASUS, along with some GIGABYTE boards) were literally frying the CPU along with the socket due to the unreasonably high voltage deliveries to the processor. (Additionally, out of the box, AMD has set these processors to run at 95°C, further adding to the problem and they said ‘it is MADE to run at 95 degress by design’ – still I am a bit uneasy hearing this.)
This was the story of nearly a few months to a year ago. HOWEVER, since then, the constant BIOS updates have really stabilized the boards and I can safely say, AM5 platform has stepped into the mainstream territory.

Some tips I would suggest, just for the safety, first of all, these new AM5 boards come with ‘BiosFlashback’ feature so you could update the BIOS to the lastest version without installing anything else. Watch videos for further details.

Secondly, I believe the 95°C ‘being normal’ is uncomfortable for a lot of people. What I did with my ASUS b650 E-F motherboard is that I tweaked the BIOS a bit and undervolted the CPU to 1.20V from 1.30V. Also did some adjustments with the Precision Boost Overdrive (PBO) setting, the Curve optimizer and I set the Thermal throttle limit to 75°C which I feel comfortable with.

No doubt, my processor runs at around 95% capacity BUT staying at 75 degrees, I feel much comfortable now. You won’t see any noticeable change in performance and your processor stays cool.
It’s much better to stay safe with these temperatures and expand the lifespan of these processors.
Hope this helped 🙂

Edit: It’s just over a month since I have been using this processor. Let me mention, the temperature doesn’t really go above 60°C and averages around 55 degrees.
The only time I hit 75°C was when I stress tested it.
My computer is running smooth and I’m really satisfied with the results, the main one being, it is not going supernova.
Oh and just to mention, I am using an AIO cooler.

Edit 2: Okay, I’ve to mention something after using the processor for 4 months. In the previous month, I tested it on stock settings. No undervolting nor thermal throttle limit, just some modified PBO settings and I’ve noticed the temperature doesn’t hit 95 degrees at all. It averages around 60. The only time it really heats up is when I focus on some CPU intensive tasks.
My new recommendation would be, to use the processor on stock settings. I was handicapping it a bit.

It’s a good processor if you want to move to the AM5 platform that competes with the 5800x3d in gaming and beats it in a number of cases in gaming. Pretty strong CPU for being released in 2022. I’m waiting for Zen 6 and am not impressed with the 9800X3D in terms of general performance despite it being the most powerful gaming CPU, and that’s coming from someone who games a lot. At 1440p it slays with a 4070 Ti Super. Have 32GB of DDR5 6000CL30 RAM so that helps as well. General rule of thumb for the modern desktop, don’t get anything less than 16 threads is my recommendation, this CPU fills that void. If the 9700X is the same price as this or very close, get that instead and wait for ZEN 6.