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

Basically very very good CPU in all aspects.

I have this with an RTX 2070 and it runs flawlessly. The stock cooler is great too!

I went with the ryzen 2700x for gaming and streaming and it works flawlessly.

I love this CPU. I was debating between this CPU and a 8700k and the 2700x was a clear winner after calculating all the part costs needed. First, Intel cpu itself is $30 more than AMD. An Aorus motherboard with 2 x m.2 ssd slots that i need for Raid0 was $23 cheaper for AMD than it was for Intel. Unlike Intel, AMD comes with a free RGB cooler that looks awesome! A decent cooler for Intel, Hyper 212 evo is another $30. I saved $73 just for going with AMD. Very important is also that Intel runs hotter than AMD by roughly 10 degrees if you compare stock AMD and Hyper 212 evo coolers. Because of the higher running temperature of Intel, the cooler fan on Intel will run faster and be noisier than the AMD on moderate and heavy workloads, Of course i could have water cooled Intel and made it cooler and quieter than the stock AMD cooler but that would be another $70 on top of Hyper 212 evo cooler cost. (+$140 total vs AMD)

What Ive always loved about Ryzen CPUs is their value compared to Intel. AMD is comparable to the 8700k (~$360), and some even consider it to be on par with the 9700k (~$420 on Amazon). Upgrading from a 1600 (on one computer) and 2600x (on another) is a breeze. Why? AM4 compatibility, which is something Intel decides not to do. Want to upgrade to Ryzen 2 (TBA at CES)? Just take off your cooler, take your current CPU out, and put this new one in WITHOUT the hassle of dropping another $190-$290 on a new motherboard. The 2700x even comes with a cooler, which the 9700k does not have, and a fine cooler at that. An aesthetically pleasing cooler and fully functional one that keeps one of my 2700x under 73C with Precision Boost 3 (which goes up to 5Ghz for me). My other 2700x is AIO water cooled, and can push out up to 6.5Ghz (on all cores) with Precision Boost 2 at 70C-80C.

Super nice

quiet and fast, Nice lighted fan.

I used to buy these for $189.99 now that they became popular they decided to screwed everyone to pay $116.00 more when the value of it is not that. Thats their loyalty to their customers.

Coming from Intel 4770K, the only gripe i have is the AMD-V is not supported on android studio unless if you go ARM 64 and its sooo slow... but I refuse to remove a point for another company not supporting AMD virtual hardware. Cant grade the cooler, I always use non-stock. Not really worth over clocking just get good high-speed RAM. So far very please with the change.

Packaging came a bit torn but the cpu and cooler were working fine thankfully