AMD Ryzen 7 News: Pre-Order Guide for 1700, 1700X & 1800X; How Much & Where to Buy?

The AMD Ryzen 7 was recently announced and is expected to compete with Intel's powerful line of processors in 2017. The Ryzen 7 1700, 1700X and 1800X were featured to contend with the Intel Core i7 chipsets. Here is a brief guide on the specifications of the AMD CPUs and where to get these.

According to Tom's Hardware, it took several years for AMD to create the Ryzen 7 processors, which include 4.8 billion 14nm transistors, and two separate CPU complexes with four cores each and 16 threads total. The next-generation chips reportedly increased the IPC of their predecessors by 52%. The new chips performed similarly or better than many of Intel's processors and arrived at significantly lower prices.

The Ryzen 7 1700 is priced at $329, the 1700X at $399, and the 1800X at $499. All three variants have eight cores and 16 threads. The 1700 has a base speed of 3.0GHz, a Turbo speed of 3.7GHz, and a 65W TDP. The 1700X has a base speed of 3.4GHz, a Turbo speed of 3.8GHz, and a 95W TDP. The 1800X has a base speed of 3.6GHz,a Turbo speed of 4.0GHz, and a 95W TDP.

Based on a report by TechTimes, the three Ryzen 7 chipsets are available for pre-orders on Amazon. The processors will be bundled with motherboards or coolers. The 1700X will be packed with the Corsair Hydro H110i liquid cooler for $523. The 1700X will also be available in a bundle with the Asus Prime X370-PRO motherboard for $569. The 1700 will be bundled with the same Asus motherboard for $499.

Users can get a desktop setup with the AMD Ryzen 7 CPUs at CybertronPC and Best Buy. One desktop at CybertronPC features the 1800X, a couple of Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 in SLI and 32GB of DDR4 RAM at $3,300. Best Buy is also offering desktops from CybertronPC and CyberPowerPC with Ryzen 7 chips, with prices ranging anywhere between $1,100 and $2,180. Fry's quickly sold out its Ryzen 7 CPUs, but is currently accepting back orders for the 1700 and 1700X.

Desktops and gaming PCs that house Ryzen 7 chips are also available at Ibuypower, Maingear, Micro Center, Origin PC, Newegg, TigerDirect, Velocity Micro, Xidax and Xotic. HP Omen and Razer desktops are available at Maingear from $1,200 to $2,500. Micro Center bundled the processors with 1070 and 1080 video cards and motherboards. Origin PC has customizable desktops, while Velocity Micro has configurable desktops fitted with Ryzen 7. The official launch date of the Ryzen 7 chips is on Mar. 2, 2017.