popularLovelyCheetah | Staff posted Aug 17, 2025 01:56 AM
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popularLovelyCheetah | Staff posted Aug 17, 2025 01:56 AM
Microcenter: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X + Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX v2 + 32GB G.Skill Flare X5 DDR5 $369.99 + Free Store Pickup Only
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1. It's been this price for ages
2. It's a staff thread
3. They purposefully didn't put Microcenter in the title because they know that the masses who aren't near an MC location would not click on this thread.
its got 2 less cores but for basic productivity and gaming its much better than this 8 core
its got 2 less cores but for basic productivity and gaming its much better than this 8 core
1. It's been this price for ages
2. It's a staff thread
3. They purposefully didn't put Microcenter in the title because they know that the masses who aren't near an MC location would not click on this thread.
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1. It's been this price for ages
2. It's a staff thread
3. They purposefully didn't put Microcenter in the title because they know that the masses who aren't near an MC location would not click on this thread.
It's a great CPU, but just remember that this CPU runs very hot with PBO enabled, even with a 360mm AIO, as it'll boost as high as it can as long as it doesn't hit 95°c, but you can get the temps down within the pbo settings without really any loss in performance, and you won't have to hear your fans running at 100% all of the time. There are plenty of videos on YouTube tho for configuring the PBO settings of this CPU if you aren't familiar with doing it.
Forgive my ignorance but after a little googling is PBO just a fancy word for overclocking? If so then that's not a concern as I don't use that. I have this bundle and my fans run higher than I like, but it hasn't been an issue, my CPU hasn't went past 80 as far as I've noticed.
you should try it, its easy, just set it to -10 in bios at least (most start with -20 but some cpus arent stable with that)..
your temps will be lower
It's a great CPU, but just remember that this CPU runs very hot with PBO enabled, even with a 360mm AIO, as it'll boost as high as it can as long as it doesn't hit 95°c, but you can get the temps down within the pbo settings without really any loss in performance, and you won't have to hear your fans running at 100% all of the time. There are plenty of videos on YouTube tho for configuring the PBO settings of this CPU if you aren't familiar with doing it.
Forgive my ignorance but after a little googling is PBO just a fancy word for overclocking? If so then that's not a concern as I don't use that. I have this bundle and my fans run higher than I like, but it hasn't been an issue, my CPU hasn't went past 80 as far as I've noticed.
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you should try it, its easy, just set it to -10 in bios at least (most start with -20 but some cpus arent stable with that)..
your temps will be lower
Although my CPU has yet to be the bottleneck in any games.
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