Ryzen 7 1700 & 1700x have a base clock of 3.0 GHz & 3.4 GHz whereas both can be boosted up to 3.7 GHz & 3.8 GHz. This indicates that boosted overclocking makes a little difference between ryzen 1700 & 1700x. TDP base of ryzen 1700 is 65 watt which is very little against 1700x which us 95 watts.