AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler - YD270XBGAFBOX

Recently decided to try AMD for the first time mostly because of my budget and a recommendation from a friend. I use to have an Intel Core i5 4690k @ 3.50GHZ and was looking to upgrade my rig but my budget was roughly $600.. Was going to originally buy an Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor - That was priced at $250 but was told by multiple friends that the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X is equivalent to an Intel Core i7 and some online posts have said that the performance on the Ryzen 7 is actually better - And all for the price of $250 the same price as the Intel i5 I was going to buy..

Beautiful, works great!

Excited to build 2nd cpu with ryzen. Excellent processor and value for money

The cooler was easy to install and looks cool. I havent tried out the CPU yet because my graphics card is still on the way., but Im sure it will work way better than my previous core 2 duo.

It runs a little warm so if you have your own cooler it better be good. At the same time it comes with an amazing wraith prism cooler that is solid alone.

When you consider that the original price was $350+. You could get the 3700x for $150 more,but Its not that much better. I went with the asus prime b450m,and two 8 GB corsair vengeance lpx. You can overclock the CPU above 4 GHz,but the gains are not worth all the noise. Ram is unstable at 3 GHz,but fine at 2600.

Good

This is a great PROC for your money and the cooler is good. A little loud for my taste though. Also, if you want to control all of the colors on both the fan and the ring, you will need to connect a little cable to it and plug it into a USB slot and not all of the MBs have two free USB plugs inside you may need an internal usb hub. Also, DO NOT plug in both the USB and the RGB cable, it will default to the RGB connection and you wont be able to control the ring.

This was very easy to get up and running. Runs very cool but cant over clock it much even with water cooling. 4.1 GHz only when testing with prime 95 small FFT.

This processor was easy to install and a great value compared to intel chips of similar specs. This also came with a Wraith RGB cooler fan that looks sweet in my build. My only complaint is the pitiful instructions supplied with the cooler fan. It was nothing more than a minor annoyance so I’ll leave the rating at 5 stars.