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AMD is expected to launch four CPUs in its Ryzen 7000 series (the “X” line) this evening, and a few hours ahead of the announcement, the pricing has already leaked. According to Wccftech’s sources, the prices of the upcoming desktop chips will be as follows:
Ryzen 9 7950X – $799 US
Ryzen 9 7900X – $549 US
Ryzen 7 7700X – $449 US
Ryzen 5 7600X – $299 US
These prices, as Wccftech correctly notes, remain unchanged from the prices of the Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 lineup, which also ranged from $299 to $799 at release. The 7000 series is the direct successor to the 5000 desktop series — the 6000 series (currently trickling out in certain laptop models) skipped the desktop chips.
Much of what we know about these upcoming Ryzen 7000 CPUs comes…