AMD Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 (Non-X) Processors Now Available in Select OEM Systems

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The slower, non-X versions of AMD’s Zen 3-based Ryzen 9 5900X and Ryzen 7 5800X processors are now available as part of select prebuilt systems. These include Dell and Alienware’s new Aurora Ryzen Edition R10 Gaming Desktop, a high-performance PC that can be configured with Ryzen 9 5900 and Ryzen 7 5800 CPUs. The key differences with these OEM-only chips lie in their clock speeds and TDPs—the Ryzen 9 5900, for instance, features a base clock and max boost clock that’s 0.7 GHz and 0.1 GHz slower than the X version, respectively. These processors also have a TDP difference of 40 watts...

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