AM5 socket and has been available for two months. So it's the latest generation.

No, the thermal paste is either included with a new cooler or you can buy one if you already have a cooler.

Yes, but the 9700X costs almost the same at the moment, so I would go for that. Lg

But you can declare that, can't you? Sorry, the product says box and I get bubble wrap? You immediately assume that the CPU is used. And if it is so used, then the price should be a lot cheaper.

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU has an integrated graphics card, but this is not suitable for demanding gaming. The integrated graphics unit is based on the RDNA2 architecture and consists of two compute units with a total of 128 shaders. It is mainly intended for basic image output functions and video encoding and decoding, not for performance-intensive games. Without a dedicated graphics card, you will have difficulties playing current games with acceptable frames per second (FPS). The integrated graphics are too weak for such requirements. However, it might be sufficient for non-gaming tasks such as watching YouTube videos or participating in Zoom meetings.

The AMD Ryzen 7 7700X CPU comes without an enclosed fan. To cool this CPU, you will need to procure a suitable cooler yourself, as the more powerful variants of the Ryzen 7000 series are not supplied with a boxed cooler.

The thermal paste is not normally supplied directly with the CPU, unless you have purchased a boxed cooler where the thermal paste is already applied to the cooler. If you buy a CPU without a cooler, you will need to purchase the thermal paste separately.

No. See manufacturer number 100-100000591WOF. WOF is short for "Without Fan", which translates as "without fan/cooler".

Yes :)

Only at participating retailers, see AMD website. According to the list there, Galaxus is not included, if I see it correctly.