AMD Ryzen 7 1700

Is this the new ruler of the value performance realm?

- Zak Storey

Breaking the Norms of price to processing power is something AMD has progressively done with its Ryzen series of CPUs. Its 1800X and 1700X have dominated our testing suites recently, demolishing the competition. But both of those feel like mere footnotes in contrast to the sheer power AMD has managed to leverage into the core complexes buried at the heart of its Ryzen architecture.

We’ve repeatedly said that the 1800X and 1700X fall a little flat when it comes to overclocking, with the 1800X managing a meager 300MHz overclock, at most, on all of its cores, and the 1700X just a touch higher than that. Not too impressive for a chip with a 95W TDP. That said, for the price, and in contrast to their blue counterparts, both chips are simply staggering.