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Ryzen 5700X coming for $300

Lustral said:
I could save about £150 by going for a B660-I, but what features will I lose, if any that actually matter to me.
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From what I can see, the main difference is that the Z690 version has an additional LAN, 2 thunderbolt ports and 'better' audio. I think with Z490 Intel restricted 11th gen upgrades only to Z or H470 boards, so that's a potential negative (in that you my be excluded from 13th gen), but to save £150 I don't think I'd care. Nearly £400 for a motherboard is insane.

Lustral said:
I was considering the 12700K. However I don’t think there is enough thermal headroom to run at 190W for long periods if any meaningful duration at all. The 5700X has got my interest as it is a 65W TDP so about 88W. I have a 5800X so I’m guessing the performance is not too far on a 5800X on ECO 65W settings and runs a lot cooler.
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If you're only gaming I don't think that will matter and the long-term workload results (e.g. blender) don't show significant drop-offs versus Zen 3 CPUs. Zen 3 is more efficient at these tasks though, especially the 5900X and 5950X.
 
Actually I was originally speccing up a budget AMD build for the ITX with the 5600X, this was about 3 - 4 weeks ago just before we had any concrete news on any 5700X 5800X3D etc etc. For not a lot more outlay I wanted to see what pricing the 5700X would land in before committing, but obviously diving into that rabbit hole can get expensive. PS still not pulled the trigger yet :p
 
Cob said:
What?

I didn’t mention the 5700x. The new 5600 makes the 5600x a pointless purchase.


Tho the new 5700x also pretty much puts the final nail in the coffin for the 5600x.
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Yup...

It also kills off the 5800X, the 5700X is basically the same CPU, with a few tweaks it can be made exactly the same, if not better given its newer silicon and probably a B2 stepping.

Edit: i do think once they are out in the wild and people who know what they are doing play with it it will show up my 5800X which is a golden sample.

And by people who know what they are doing i don't mean tech journalists, they are clueless, i mean real enthusiasts.
 
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