I say this because for better or worse, combo options are COMMON with the X-series units, less so with the non-X (a bummer for someone like me who is looking into a non-X).Īlso worth noting - any Ryzen 7000 purchased before April 1 includes a free copy of Star Wars: Jedi Survivor.īUT - it's also possible that with an Intel unit, you may be able to use your DDR4 RAM (assuming it's pretty speedy). The non-X units tend to be more desirable as their efficiency is WAY up over the X variants (MSRP on the 7700X is $399 vs the 7700's $329, but the actual price on the 7700X is hovering around $339, and I've seen it as low as $309). I'm open to AMD also if a really good deal comes up at Microcenter which they do relatively often.ĪMD has been dropping the prices of their 7000-series X CPUs now that the non-X's have come out (so like 7700 vs 7700X).

I was thinking at least a 13700k, 13900k maybe overkill? 🤔Īlso consider the 13600K as it gets ~90% the performance of a 13900K for significantly less money and power consumption (also of note - the 13700K gets around 95% the performance of the 13900K).

1440p 144hz microcenter