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

Great CPU for the price however WARNING to anyone upgrading from a ryzen 5, you need a plastic bracket for your cooler that DOES NOT come with the CPU. It’s a latch system replacing a 4 screw system, and it’s surprisingly hard to find the brackets. (I had to contact asus directly)

Even after watching a tutorial video the fan unit was especially hard to install. In trying to get the metal straps onto the motherboard I think that I damaged the processors pins. I definitely smudged the thermal paste extensively. Now I have to worry about repairing it, and will probably have to get it professionally installed if it can be salvaged.

Though I play some games, I mostly use my computer for recording music. Great processor, barely breaks a sweat for anything I do, which includes a lot of Adobe products and heavy use of Ableton.

Nothing beats the performance for the price in my eyes. I have put it through strenuous loads of gaming streaming and editing and I have not seen it hesitate for a moment very worth it.

Beware of the motherboard compatibility issues. If its anything before the x470 motherboards it needs to have the latest bios update to work with this Cpu at all. Once its up and running tho and you have ram that works with it as well, youre good.

Absolutely worth every penny I can’t say it has disappointed me in the least

Came Damaged

Quality. Revived an old machine. Im wrecking now.

Installing this thing was a huge pain due to my previous cooler being a wraith spire and not a prism. I had to buy the retention clips to install the prism cooler which required a scary amount of force to clip onto the clips, I was afraid I was going to break the motherboard in half. Anyways, the processor is fast. The prism cooler with the led lights looks very beautiful and definitely added a new look to my pc. The cooler keeps my temps under 63 degrees C when I did my test with demon souls. It was doing mid 80s with my spire cooler. This def allows me to rest a bit easier knowing it wont overheat during gaming.

After over a decade of being Team Blue, this has made the switch worth it. The performance for what youre paying for, is amazing. Comparing this to an 8700K, and thr value is there just in the cooling alone. Just get this.