AMD Ryzen 7 2700X, 8 Cores and 16 Threads Unlocked Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

When I saw these go on sale for 160 I had to pick one up and get a new build going. My previous PC had an AMD FX 6300, so upgrading from that to this Ryzen 7 is pretty amazing.The 6300 could handle most of what I wanted to do, but this Ryzen handles it with ease and does more. Constant 60fps with 1440p and some games in 4k with good framerates paired with the RX 580, and down the line I plan to upgrade GPUs to get better performance since I'm sure it can do better. Nearly instant boot times when paired with an M.2 NVMe drive, and most processes are a breeze.The Wraith spire was very easy to install on the ASUS Strix B450-F since it went directly on the brackets that were already on the motherboard (which was great since the coolers I've installed in the past have been a pain in comparison), looks pretty with the LEDs and runs relatively well from what I can gather.My only concern is the temps on this CPU, and to my understanding the main difference with X models is that they come overclocked, and I imagine that's why the temps are high. Of course, the 6300 with an aftermarket cooler rarely went over 100°F and that's the CPU I've had for a while, so I was a bit surprised to see the temps show up at 130-140°F while idling. According to some posts I've seen this is the normal for the 2700X, and it does make sense since it is more powerful and comes overclocked in comparison to the CPUs I've had more experience with.Thankfully even though it does run hot it doesn't get much hotter, my temps haven't really gone over 155°F while gaming or performing tasks, and the max is about 185°F. The usage percent hasn't gone above 40 for most of my regular gaming and tasks either, which is impressive.It's a great CPU to get, especially while it's on sale for around $160.

Got this during Black Friday 2019 for $160. It was an unbeatable deal. I just looked at the R5 3600 like "sorry buddy, I want you but lol...they're making it difficult." I know they usually say the extra 2 cores work well for streaming so I did some twitch streaming @60fps 720p high video bitrate over wifi just to see how it handled it. Had several of my friends tune in including myself from another device. Stream was flawless. Meanwhile the game I was running was Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. 1440p, completely maxed out graphics locked at 60fps. Didn't check the results without a cap while streaming but I know that when I was playing off stream and removed the cap I was getting like 170fps. I paired it up with a Sapphire Nitro+ 5700XT. It's a match made in heaven and the RGB of both the CPU and GPU are glorious.I've yet to find any reason to overlcock this CPU. It destroys everything I throw at it. Afterburner shows that the CPU handles itself nicely, boosting up to 4.2Ghz when it needs to, and coming back down to 3.7Ghz. I've never seen it hit 4.3Ghz on its own but like I said, when all your games get FPS like that at stock with those resolutions & graphics settings, what's the point? Emulators get devoured too. Wii U, PS3, Wii/GameCube, PS2 etc, just straight devoured. Breath of the Wild running at 4K@60 like....."WASSUP?" Not to mention CEMU 1.17.1 is dropping very soon and we're gonna see an even bigger boost in performance for AMD users. I always see the argument about "get the R7 2700X over the R5 3600 only if you stream". No bro, just get it cuz it's cheaper, has more cores, and has a monster heatsink. The gaming performance you're gonna lose is extremely negligent. Check out the testers on youtube.Speaking of heatsink, almost forgot the temps. I use a NZXT H510 with only the default exhaust fan setup. No extra case fans. I just tweaked the fan curves of the case, cpu and gpu slightly to my liking. Not enough for noise to be an issue either. I live in the Caribbean, it's dry season at the moment, so it's hot as hell. No AC in my room. My temps never go above 70c while gaming....so it's pretty safe to say the heatsink is doing its job. I was expecting more heat with a cramped case like mine and that monster AMD gpu (you know AMD looooves some toast action), but everything's actually running cool. This CPU/Heatsink combo man, there's just so much to love and so much money to save. Gotta love it lol.

Stable, no issues. Wrote more about my feedback in regards to the platform on my board review. You can find plenty of reviews on this, but this is highly recommended. Great for gaming and software development.The performance is really strong, no blue-screens, and they did a good job of coaching/handhold the board companies to make sure they have their act together on this release. I have only had it for a few days, but i didn't even need to reinstall my os from the previous cpu which was intel (your mileage will vary). This is truely a great platform. And with amd you can upgrade your cpu in a couple of years, in the same board. They promised though 2020 support which means you get the 7nm cpu. Since there is real competition now you can expect some real innovation in the next couple of years, so this is a big deal from both intel and amd. It makes everyone betterNice to see amd back in the game. It has made a huge impact on cpu prices and feature set. The cooler also worked great for me. No temperature issues. The cooler is louder than what i liked. as a bit of an enthusiast i would rather have a larger but quieter fan on the board. The cooler is perfectly designed for this cpu. i would by default spend any money on an after market cooler 100 would be better used on a gpu or ram by far. Note you can also make sure your case has good airflow and go with simpler cooling solutions since you don't need to compensate for a bad case or case fan setup.Anyway, this is a great well rounded cpu. As a software engineer it is great to see fast compile times, and cores to spare for hyperv and docker. I can also play all the latest games just fine. though truth be told you can do that with a 150 dollar cpu. I didn't have any problems with Ram compatibility. I came from Haswell (intel) i dont' notice any difference in gaming (not expecting to) but productivitivy is a big boost. If you just game you really don't need this much cpu generally.