The best U for gaming, thanks to its excellent price-to-performance value. The processor was originally priced at $329.99 when it was first released last year, but it has slowly dropped in price since then, and now it is available for just $274.49—the lowest price yet.
This third-generation Ryzen processor has 8 cores, 16 threads, and a 65W TDP. Its base clock is set at 3.6 GHz, but with the right cooling, you can push it at least 4.4 GHz. The U also offers for PCIe 4.0, and a heatsink and fan are included in the box.
We gave the Ryzen 7 3700X high praise in our review last year, since it offered nearly identical gaming performance compared to the more-expensive 3900X for $70 less (at the time). In our testing, it offered similar speed to our full review for all the details.
