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AMD Ryzen R7 1700 AM4 8-Core Processor Review

Power Consumption and Temperatures


Power Consumption

This is fascinating, not only does the R7 1700 clock in with a slightly higher power usage at stock, it’s much higher than the 1800X while overclocked too. This shouldn’t be where it is, and we suspect that the 1800X was thermal throttling and therefore using less power during our testing phase. Perhaps a retest is in order in the near future, but either way, it’s obvious that Ryzen uses a fair bit of power, it’s a high-end 8-core processor, and high power usage should be expected to some extent.

Temperatures

Ryzen is a hot chipset, it’s quite compact despite housing 8 high-performance CPU cores, so a good cooler is recommended to get the best performance from it, although that’s true of virtually all processors.

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Peter Donnell

As a child still in my 30's (but not for long), I spend my day combining my love of music and movies with a life-long passion for gaming, from arcade classics and retro consoles to the latest high-end PC and console games. So it's no wonder I write about tech and test the latest hardware while I enjoy my hobbies!

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