Mickey: Legit though, why did the 9700X release with such a low TDP/default wattage?

I've been in discussion about this with a couple friends. We're not necessarily complaining as we loved the 7000 non-x CPUs but it's interesting they didn't do the same thing they did with 7000 in terms of PBO/Eco mode. Moreover, given how cool these CPUs run stock, I'm shocked there wasn't an option to get them with a stock cooler given how well the Wraith Prism cooled the 7700 and 7900.

The conspiracy theorist in me says that they released the X chips early with the default lower power so...

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