Customer Ratings & Reviews

Powerhouse for balance gaming and productivity. Very good temperatures too.

Great bang for your buck, easy install with lots of guidance.

I highly recommend this item if you are looking for a good performance for a reasonable price.

the cpu stays at low temps and the wattage usage on it is pretty low

one of the best CPU's I have ever had great performance in gaming and multi tasking. Great performance for the price.

Amazing cpu! Was hesitant between this and a older one and Best Buy employees helped me to the right choice. Blazing fast and you can definitely feel the difference in power consumption

Good for multi tasking. Also cheaper that most the other chips for a small difference.

Easy install as normal, works great with my new pc build. Much better than my ryzen 7 3700x

[Employee of bestbuy] I bought the Ryzen 7 9700X from Best Buy and installed it myself, which honestly was a fun part of the whole build. First time dealing with an AM5 chip and it went in smooth, no problems there. As for performance, it’s pretty solid overall. It handles gaming and multitasking well, and I haven’t had any major issues. But if I’m being real, I kind of expected a little more for the price. It’s not bad—just not mind-blowing either. I’d still give it somewhere between a 3.5 and 4 out of 5. If you’re building a new rig and want something current-gen without totally breaking the bank, it’s a great option. Just don’t expect it to feel like a massive jump unless you're upgrading from something really old.

great for fps games temps low for productivity is amazing

This CPU has great performance. It is quick on daily tasks and even games at a high level. Best Buy also price matched a competitor so it was an even better deal.

Built on a MSI tomahawk b650, Vengance DDR5 6400mhz 2x16gb = 32gb , 30800ti founders edition. RUNS GOOD!

Ryzen is an amazing brand, my pc runs like a champ with this product!

The Ryzen 7 9700-x has a good balance of performance and power( while maintaining efficiency). The single-core performance is also much improved from its predecessor(s). All in all great mid-range chip, just don't expect top of the line benchmarks!

Great processor ! Great Price, Power to spare, and Fast !

Huge upgrade from my ryzen 5 3600. This thing is a monster. Paired with a 9070xt I’m getting ~110 fps average WITHOUT FSR enabled on a 3440x1440 monitor

Was worried from reviews online, but coming from a R7 3700X, WOW. What an improvement. My framerate has doubled on average in most games using my 4070. I did not realize my old CPU was bottlenecking me so hard. And this CPU uses way less energy to get the performance as well. Win win.

Has been a good upgrade so far with noticeable fps improvement from my 5600x

Fantastic cpu hands down, Better performance better single core slightly higher power usage but phenomenal. If your a hardcore gamer this is as good as 3D cache cpus but 4% difference in latency which is not measurable to eyes take the leap. A great choice for those who can’t reach a 3D cpu in stock the difference is so small I’d recommend this instead

I honestly would have gone to a higher specced cpu but for the price and the face my system died i could not refuse this cpu and motherboard upgrade especially since i was on am4 at the time. I am water cooled so it keeps the temps down and unlocking the 105W mode gave it another 11% performance boost!