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AMD always had competitive prices, performance amazing. True cores and lower power, power efficient.

good chip. low watts. high threads. 1-2 day shipping from new egg.

I was planning to get a Ryzen 5800x but ended up with this due to cost and availability. This CPU gets you very near the performance of the 11700k for 80 bucks less (at the time of purchase). All you need to do is remove the power limits in your BIOS or using Throttlestop or Intel XTU. This can be done on b560 boards too. If you're willing to forego that last 3-5% of performance, you can save a considerable amount by getting this with a cheaper B560 mobo instead of the Z590. In normal use (VMs for software development, Visual Studio) the 11700 doesn't go over 80W power consumption when busy. Using a Hyper 212 the temp stays 30-38 deg C on idle and 65-70 deg C in Cinebench R20 I have my power plan set to max performance in Windows 10 and despite all cores hovering between 4.4-4.7 constantly my typical power use is 20-50W Integrated graphics can do 4k @ 60Hz over HDMI. This is a big bump over the 4k @ 30Hz of 10-series chips. And will save you another $120 for a low-end GT-1030 to drive a monitor for non-gaming use.

It came in Intel packaging wrapped in bubble wrap. It was secure. It had no cosmetic defects.