I have some AM5 stuff on the way and due to availability I could only get the 7700 here. Doing some research all I can find really is "this CPU gets X% less in X game" What I would really like to know is what are the general disadvantages of the non X 7700, vs the X variant? Any info appreciated. Anything I have overlooked in not waiting for the 'X' ?
I have r9 7950x and radeon 7900xtx and disabled the second cpu chiplet, the games i play barely use 6cores, so just 8core is enough for me. And it has better latencies and slightly better performance without the second chiplet, i dont need 16cores for now, 8cores seems enough. So yes i think, 7700 will be good, but i would personally go for the 7800X3D
The most back assward reply of something I have seen in a long time. Let me buy this ferrari but only drive it with 6 cylinders, not 12. ROFL.
Performance difference is margin of error, but you're reducing power by a lot. Even by disabling 4 cores on 7900x you're cutting down the power by 30-40W, let alone disabling 8 on 7950x. Reduces unnecessary heat and noise. Maybe you should have got a 7700x in the first place if you don't need 16 cores. 7950x is really a workstation cpu, it's what intel sold as hedt on x299, just available for a mainstream socket.
