{"id":7532,"date":"2022-09-27T14:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/27\/amds-new-ryzen-7000-series-processors-are-now-available-to-buy\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T14:19:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T14:19:15","slug":"amds-new-ryzen-7000-series-processors-are-now-available-to-buy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/27\/amds-new-ryzen-7000-series-processors-are-now-available-to-buy\/","title":{"rendered":"AMD&#8217;s new Ryzen 7000-series processors are now available to buy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AMD&#8217;s excellent Ryzen 7000-series processors are now available to buy from your local computer shop and online retailers. Just yesterday our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-review-benchmarks-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7950X review<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-review-benchmarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 7 7700X review<\/a> were set live, and if those whet your appetite for either processor, or the Ryzen 5 7600X or Ryzen 9 7900X, then you&#8217;ll want to hop online immediately to secure one for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>At least supply shouldn&#8217;t be so much of a sticky topic for these new Zen 4 processors\u2014supply for CPUs has been pretty stable this past year. However, even during the best of times we can see in-demand processors sell out rapidly at launch. The Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X were particularly hard to acquire from the previous generation, and it&#8217;s likely that their high-end counterparts in the Ryzen 7000-series will be in similarly high demand.<\/p>\n<p>For the time being, Best Buy has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-16-core-32-thread-4-5ghz-5-7-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519470.p?skuId=6519470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7950X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-9-7900x-12-core-24-thread-4-7-ghz-5-6-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519473.p?skuId=6519473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7900X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-8-core-16-thread-4-5ghz-5-4-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519477.p?skuId=6519477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 7 7700X<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-6-core-12-thread-4-7ghz-5-3-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519479.p?skuId=6519479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 5 7600X<\/a> all in stock and at their respective MSRPs. Excellent.<\/p>\n<p>Newegg also has similar listings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-ryzen-9-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113771?Description=7950x&amp;cm_re=7950x-_-19-113-771-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7950X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-9-7900x-ryzen-9-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113769?Description=ryzen%207%207900x&amp;cm_re=ryzen_7%207900x-_-19-113-769-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7900X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-ryzen-7-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113768?Description=AMD%20Ryzen%207%207700X&amp;cm_re=AMD_Ryzen%207%207700X-_-19-113-768-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 7 7700X<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-ryzen-5-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113770?Description=7600x&amp;cm_re=7600x-_-19-113-770-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 5 7600X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have yet to find any of the new chips on Amazon US yet, however, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microcenter.com\/search\/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&amp;sortby=match&amp;N=4294966995+4294819840&amp;myStore=false\">Micro Center<\/a> only offers these CPUs for in-store pickup.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/lp\/AMD-Ryzen-7000-Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overclockers<\/a> has the entire line-up in stock and ready to go. As does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scan.co.uk\/shop\/computer-hardware\/cpu-amd-desktop\/3643\/3644\/3645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But you shouldn&#8217;t have a hard time spotting these chips. They come with brand new and very flashy black packaging that sets them apart from the older Zen 2 and Zen 3 chips.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Your next upgrade<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cpu-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best CPU for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: The top chips from Intel and AMD<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-motherboards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best gaming motherboard<\/strong><\/a>: The right boards<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-graphics-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best graphics card<\/strong><\/a>: Your perfect pixel-pusher awaits<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-ssd-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best SSD for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: Get into the game ahead of the rest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you are planning on picking up one of these processors today, be sure to pick up a compatible AM5 motherboard to go with it. Unlike the previous generations of Ryzen processor, the new Ryzen 7000-series chips require a brand new LGA socket. That means a whole new motherboard <em>and <\/em>new RAM. These chips only support DDR5, so you need to pick up a couple of sticks of that, too.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll be rewarded with fantastic gaming performance and serious multithreaded chops for your money. While we haven&#8217;t yet seen everything that AMD&#8217;s competition can muster in Intel Raptor Lake, we found AMD&#8217;s new processors to offer an impressive uplift in performance over Zen 3 chips and deliver plenty of gusto for gaming. They&#8217;re also excellent in Eco-Mode, which makes these chips seriously efficient.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[#item_image]AMD&#8217;s new Ryzen 7000-series processors are now available to buy<!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p>AMD&#8217;s excellent Ryzen 7000-series processors are now available to buy from your local computer shop and online retailers. Just yesterday our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-review-benchmarks-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7950X review<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-review-benchmarks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 7 7700X review<\/a> were set live, and if those whet your appetite for either processor, or the Ryzen 5 7600X or Ryzen 9 7900X, then you&#8217;ll want to hop online immediately to secure one for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>At least supply shouldn&#8217;t be so much of a sticky topic for these new Zen 4 processors\u2014supply for CPUs has been pretty stable this past year. However, even during the best of times we can see in-demand processors sell out rapidly at launch. The Ryzen 9 5950X and 5900X were particularly hard to acquire from the previous generation, and it&#8217;s likely that their high-end counterparts in the Ryzen 7000-series will be in similarly high demand.<\/p>\n<p>For the time being, Best Buy has the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-16-core-32-thread-4-5ghz-5-7-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519470.p?skuId=6519470\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7950X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-9-7900x-12-core-24-thread-4-7-ghz-5-6-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519473.p?skuId=6519473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7900X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-8-core-16-thread-4-5ghz-5-4-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519477.p?skuId=6519477\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 7 7700X<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestbuy.com\/site\/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-6-core-12-thread-4-7ghz-5-3-ghz-max-boost-socket-am5-desktop-processor-silver\/6519479.p?skuId=6519479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 5 7600X<\/a> all in stock and at their respective MSRPs. Excellent.<\/p>\n<p>Newegg also has similar listings for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-9-7950x-ryzen-9-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113771?Description=7950x&amp;cm_re=7950x-_-19-113-771-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7950X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-9-7900x-ryzen-9-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113769?Description=ryzen%207%207900x&amp;cm_re=ryzen_7%207900x-_-19-113-769-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 9 7900X<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-7-7700x-ryzen-7-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113768?Description=AMD%20Ryzen%207%207700X&amp;cm_re=AMD_Ryzen%207%207700X-_-19-113-768-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 7 7700X<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newegg.com\/amd-ryzen-5-7600x-ryzen-5-7000-series\/p\/N82E16819113770?Description=7600x&amp;cm_re=7600x-_-19-113-770-_-Product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ryzen 5 7600X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have yet to find any of the new chips on Amazon US yet, however, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microcenter.com\/search\/search_results.aspx?Ntk=all&amp;sortby=match&amp;N=4294966995+4294819840&amp;myStore=false\">Micro Center<\/a> only offers these CPUs for in-store pickup.<\/p>\n<p>In the UK, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overclockers.co.uk\/lp\/AMD-Ryzen-7000-Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Overclockers<\/a> has the entire line-up in stock and ready to go. As does <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scan.co.uk\/shop\/computer-hardware\/cpu-amd-desktop\/3643\/3644\/3645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But you shouldn&#8217;t have a hard time spotting these chips. They come with brand new and very flashy black packaging that sets them apart from the older Zen 2 and Zen 3 chips.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Your next upgrade<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"credit\">(Image credit: Future)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-cpu-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best CPU for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: The top chips from Intel and AMD<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-motherboards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best gaming motherboard<\/strong><\/a>: The right boards<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-graphics-cards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best graphics card<\/strong><\/a>: Your perfect pixel-pusher awaits<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-ssd-for-gaming\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Best SSD for gaming<\/strong><\/a>: Get into the game ahead of the rest<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>If you are planning on picking up one of these processors today, be sure to pick up a compatible AM5 motherboard to go with it. Unlike the previous generations of Ryzen processor, the new Ryzen 7000-series chips require a brand new LGA socket. That means a whole new motherboard <em>and <\/em>new RAM. These chips only support DDR5, so you need to pick up a couple of sticks of that, too.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;ll be rewarded with fantastic gaming performance and serious multithreaded chops for your money. While we haven&#8217;t yet seen everything that AMD&#8217;s competition can muster in Intel Raptor Lake, we found AMD&#8217;s new processors to offer an impressive uplift in performance over Zen 3 chips and deliver plenty of gusto for gaming. They&#8217;re also excellent in Eco-Mode, which makes these chips seriously efficient.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7533,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[20],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bwgamespot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}