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AMD's Value Problem: Ryzen 5 7600X CPU Review, Benchmarks, & Expensive Motherboards
Oof this is the first time GN has not recommended the R5 because of the pricing. He said he hasn't heard of a single motherboard launch below $300 USD. AMD did mention to him that the B series will have motherboards starting at $125 USD but he fears the quality because of the increased power requirements and such of the 7000 series.
Crazy how we went from 5600X which was as power efficient as a quad core 3300X to 7600X which requires almost as much power as 16 core 32 thread 5950x. While I am sure raptor lake will be even more nuts in terms of power, efficiency is clearly no longer a priority for any of these companies on desktop. I am looking forward to the laptop comparisons however since that is where we will see the biggest gains in performance per watt.
PC Specs: CPU: 7800X3D || GPU: Strix 4090 || RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 || Main SSD: WD 2TB SN850
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