The day has finally arrived – today AMD's Ryzen 7000 series desktop processors officially become available, sporing the new Zen 4 architecture, and making the jump to Socket AM5. We've gone ahead and looked up UK availability and pricing for those planning to upgrade to the new platform.

We've already had the opportunity to review two of AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs – the Ryzen 9 7950X and the Ryzen 7 7700X. During our testing, we found that both processors offer excellent performance, but also suffer from high operating temperatures, so you are going to want a decent CPU cooler to keep things in check.

If you need a refresher, you can see all the key specs for each new Ryzen processor in the table below:

	Graphics Model	Cores	Threads	Max Boost Clock	Base Clock	Total Cache	PCIe Version	Graphics Core Count	Default TDP
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	AMD Radeon Graphics	16	32	Up to 5.7GHz	4.5GHz	80MB	Gen 5	2	170W
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X	AMD Radeon Graphics	12	24	Up to 5.6GHz	4.7GHz	76MB	Gen 5	2	170W
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X	AMD Radeon Graphics	8	16	Up to 5.4GHz	4.5GHz	40MB	Gen 5	2	105W
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X	AMD Radeon Graphics	6	12	Up to 5.3GHz	4.7Ghz	38MB	Gen 5	2	105W

So where can you buy a new Ryzen 7000 CPU? Overclockers UK has already got stock in, with prices starting at £325.99 for the Ryzen 5 7600X and going all the way up to £779.99 for the Ryzen 9 7950X. The Ryzen 7 7700X and the Ryzen 9 7900X cost £428.99 and £598.99 respectively.

The first units will begin shipping out to customers soon. With the jump to Ryzen 7000, you are also going to need a new Socket AM5 motherboard. OCUK has quite a few of those in stock already too, but for now, the market is mostly focused on higher-end X670 and X670E motherboards. Cheaper B650 motherboards should start coming through at a later date.

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KitGuru Says: Are you planning on upgrading to Ryzen 7000? Are you going all-out right now, or will you be waiting for prices to come down and cheaper motherboard options? 

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