It’s upgrade season! Whether you’re after a new CPU or GPU, the rest of 2022 is packed full of exciting new hardware releases. The first of these big launches is AMD’s much hyped Ryzen 7000 CPUs. They’re accompanied by X670 motherboards with the new AM5 socket. More affordable B650 motherboards will follow later.
Zen 4’s performance improvements lead AMD to believe its range delivers class leading single and multithreaded performance, performance per watt and value for money. But before we get to the 16-core 7950X and 8-core 7700X CPUs we have on hand for reviews, let’s take a closer look at the