While the 7800X3D has a 120W TDP, our testing found it used closer to 90W under full load, closer to the 65W Ryzen 7000 chips ...

as it did in the 7800X3D. This cache massively improves gaming performance, and the fact that it’s underneath the CPU cores means your CPU cooler now directly cools those cores, rather than ...

Meanwhile, the Ryzen 7 7800X3D is still an excellent gaming CPU, and it's readily available ... 3D V-cache design for Zen 5 to allow for direct cooler access to the processor cores, which in ...

The 7800X3D is no longer the fastest CPU that ... the latter still applies with even the best CPU coolers often being brought down to their knees in a bid to cool what is one of the hottest ...