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

The first PC I ever built I used an AMD Athlon processor in, and I loved it. When I found out about the Ryzen processors I was excited to see what they could do, and I was not disapointed. This chip feels very compitent. I put it into a gaming system, and I have had no issues with it. I also like the cooler. It looks good, and seems to function well. My only complaint about this setup is the factory applied thermal compound. I know, wipe it off and apply third party, but Im not over clocking, so I figured it would work for my purposes, and I was not disapointed, that is untill I had to swap a faulty motherboard. When I removed my cooler, it pulled the whole chip out of the socket. I was terified thinking it had dammaged something. Thankfully all pins were in place. Then came the hard part. It turns out that the factory thermal paste had spread all across the chip, and melted down the sides. I have never seen factory paste do that. The real problem though was that it somehow formed a sort of glue that had now bonded the CPU and cooler togather. They were not coming appart for anything (at least anything I was willing to try on my $300+ chip). Eventually I was able to disolve the thermal paste and save my chip using some very light heat and a little alcohol and a piece of dental floss. Aparently this happens more often then I had realized because there was a whole subredit about how to fix it (Thank you Redit ;-) . In the end it all worked out well and I have everything back up and running in my new MoBo. It was just an experience I will not forget.

When I assembled to myself the new computer, I had no doubts about a choice of the central processor. Now in the market of processors the undoubted leader is AMD, their processors have big computing power at absolutely small price. I am very happy with the choice

budget and performance wise... worth it to buy... experience satisfy me for my first time to build and to use amd... cant complain on how the processor perform... fast...

This thing is great. Even though I used it for 2days and I try to stream on it. Streaming on this is much better than my I7 8700k. I7 8700k is better in gaming. However, there are not that much differences in the FPS while in this I could stream and play with no pressure on the CPU. So its up to you to choose what you want for gaming only just buy tje I5 8600K. For muilti use this is the best optuon.

I bougth in suumer sale for 199 and make me soo happy

Without changing any of my hardware I was able to swap out my 1700 with this beautiful beast. Decided to even use the included cooler and without changing any settings the RGB looks stunning out of the box, the fading colors and rotating rainbow around the fan just make a mesmerizing display.

In all the years of my machine building, this is a first for me: I got a defective unit. I understand, this happens. Worst part about it, though, is that the replacement from Amazon for this piece was on backorder for about a month. Im just sending back the CPU and went to Best Buy to buy another.

Came defective and didnt work.

This CPU is unarguably great, but the cooler that comes with it is not so good. As you can see in the picture I am accompanying, the bottom of the cooler which makes contacts with the face of the CPU is not entirely flat. There are grooves between heat pipes. If this cooler was to be a decent one, there wont be any such grooves between the heat pipes at the bottom. The bottom is to be entirely flat. Thermal compound comes between the cooler and the face of the CPU, but the compound is not designed to fill these giant gaps. And, also movement of the cooler will also add to the problem. the latching mechanism of this cooler doesnt securely fix the cooler and allows movements of the cooler in relation to the CPU. If AMD is willing to send me a decent CPU cooler for free, I will gladly accept it.

I use this for a lot of multitasking and it’s been perfect and for gaming and streaming the best purchase I made