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

Caught this on Cyber Monday for $172 after tax. Switched from an Intel i-3, which isnt a fair comparison, but does relieve the cpu bottleneck when paired with a GTX-970. Games run much smoother now at 1080p, 60fps.

Great flagship gaming CPU will play most anything thrown at it so if definitely would pick one up

while trying to decide on what all I was going to use in my first build. I settled on a complete AMD system and as of today, I havent been/couldnt be any happier with my decisions. AMD give so much more for your dollar compared to Intel and comparing their performance and stats side by side you get so much for so much less. Im fairly computer literate but i have a guy for things i cant do and even HE was amazed at the performance and capabilities of this system having the Ryzen 7 2700X processor at its heart!

Havent had an AMD processor since the Athlon X2 series on the 939 socket. This was used to replace an Intel i5-4670K system. As well as consolidate two computers into one. BIG BIG difference! The new 2700X system is a dual purpose Python development/gaming system. The extra cores are a night and day difference for the former. This thing can run a Linux VM crunching data and storing that within a local database and play a game at the same time while I wait! If you need the extra threads just grab this CPU and spend the extra money saved on more RAM or a better GPU.

Since Ryzen Gen3 has released, the price of this CPU has dropped and the performance per dollar on this chip is amazing. Put it in my younger brothers rig and he loves it, upgrading from a R3 2200g.

This is an amazing chip for what it does at this price-point. Im not talking budget-level performance either. This is enthusiast-grade performance without the nasty Intel price-points. And the chip is designed to provide almost all of the performance its capable of out of the box, without having to do anything with it (great for basic consumers who dont want to fuss with settings and whatnot).

Basically very very good CPU in all aspects.

Did well on gaming

Great cup for multi tasking people like me.

Great speed and number of cores for the money.