THE RYZEN 5 7600, RYZEN 7 7700 AND RYZEN 9 7900

Unlike the previous Series 7000 Ryzen 4 CPUs this time we received the samples in bulk form with the CPUs and their Wraith CPU Coolers in different boxes.

Even though the latest AM5 (Raphael) socket CPUs are completely compatible with AM4 coolers AMD simplifies things by bundling their very own Wraith Coolers.

All three CPUs look identical and have 8 gaps around them (if you worry about thermal paste finding its way there Noctua has released covers specifically for the Ryzen Series 7000 line).

One of the biggest changes AMD made this time over was moving away from the traditional pins on/beneath their CPUs and personally i welcomed that.

In the above picture you can see an exposed view (de-lidded) of a 7000 Series Zen 4 CPU (65W - marketing material).

As with my other AM5 reviews I’ll be using the ASRock X670E Taichi and the EXPO compatible Trident Z5 Neo DDR5 32GB 6000MHz CL30 kit by GSkill to test the new 65W TDP Ryzen 4 CPUs.

The HOF GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC Labs Edition of course completes the system.