Amazon.com: Customer reviews: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler

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2700x is very well-rounded

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019

What I've 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.
This CPU at idle gives out 2% usage, which I took for granted until I looked at an i5 8400(?) which idled at 20%. Also, Ryzen Master, beautiful work of art. Instead of restarting my computer a million times to get a stable clock, I can just go into Ryzen Master, increase core clocks until it crashes, then raise the voltage and find a stable clock speed. Or you can leave it to Precision Boost 2, but I like to run my CPU at 4.2 Base with Precision Boost 2 enabled.
If you're doing a mid-tier budget build for all-purpose, I really suggest this CPU, as it can do everything equally well, as it is more around daily tasks than Intel's gaming tasks. I love this CPU so much, that I've fitted it in all four of the computers in the house with no complaints on gaming or such from others.

Edit:
Added photos of stock 2700x cooler. Fan colour changes and the ring around the fan has an RGB wave pattern. It can maintain a semi-idle 2700x at 35C-45C. Also uploaded some photos of it. Haven’t touched the software though and I personally don’t plan to.

Edit 2: Just got my 9900k, and it was a massive disappointment compared to this $310 Ryzen beast. In CS:GO, a CPU intensive game, it only ran 20FPS faster, which literally doesn’t matter since most monitors can’t go over 240HZ (2700x had 275 avg; 9900k has 300; but these CPUs max out at 500 in certain scenarios). My 9900k was even clocked at 5.3Ghz and costs $530, so compared to this Ryzen 2700x, it really isn’t worth it unless you want to show it off or do Adobe stuff which is optimised for Intel. But because I overclocked, my temps were 30C idle and up to 90C during gaming. On the 2700x, it never broke 60C, with the same cooler and fans.

Pros
-cost effective
-comes with a decent stock cooler
-easy overclock (if you like that sort of thing)
-easy to upgrade from Zen 1 or upgrade to Ryzen 2
-cheaper motherboards that can easily overclock

Cons
-not the best single-core performance, but what do you expect for $310 compared to Intel's $380 CPU
-not the best variety of motherboards (which isn't a 2700x problem, but just general)
-I can't think of anything else

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Jason McKinney 45

Box said Ryzen 7 2700x, but a different cpu was in the box

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2019

UPDATE: 2/28/2019 - This is now a FIVE star review. Please read the initial review and the update below.

Initial review:

The one star rating is not reflective of the 2700x or of Amazon, for that matter. Mistakes happen. I just want to to draw attention to this.

Just a few days ago, I had finally bought all of the pieces of my new computer and was going to build it just the other night. I hit a snag pretty quick when the processor wouldn't fit into the cpu socket of the motherboard (ASUS Crosshair VII Hero). I visually checked the pins and noticed that the layout did not line up with the socket. Imagine my surprise when I noticed "A4 3300" written very lightly on the cpu surface. It seems that someone duped Amazon by returning their 2700x cpu, and switching it our for a very similar looking A4 3300 (an apu introduced back in 2011), then getting their money back for a 2700x. I've started the return process and the cpu is in the mail back to Amazon, and I'll update this review depending on how this is handled. I think that is fair. However, I have to say I'm glad this happened. Hopefully, the good folks at Amazon can track the sku number of the part when it gets back to them and trace it back to the customer who returned it to them beforehand. I hope you can do that, Amazon, because they got a free Ryzen 2700x out of you. Lesson learned for me: Check every detail of a purchase as quickly as possible when it arrives.

UPDATE: About 5 days after I shipped the processor to Amazon they faithfully refunded my money without any hassles. I had to get the Ryzen 7 2700x from another place because I didn't know how long it would take to get a refund from Amazon and I was anxious to get my computer together, but I can tell you that it runs just as great as everyone here is claiming it does. It is an amazing processor. Five stars, definitely. I also give a 5 star review to Amazon's return service. I'm very impressed, and I hope they catch whoever it was that sent that wrong processor back to them, initially. Thank you, Amazon!

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Jason Corn

2700x is very well-rounded

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019

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J. De Gannes

Gaming Overkill

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2020

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Got this during Black Friday 2019 for $160. It was an unbeatable deal. I just looked at the R5 3600 like "sorry buddy, I want you but lol...they're making it difficult." I know they usually say the extra 2 cores work well for streaming so I did some twitch streaming @60fps 720p high video bitrate over wifi just to see how it handled it. Had several of my friends tune in including myself from another device. Stream was flawless. Meanwhile the game I was running was Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown. 1440p, completely maxed out graphics locked at 60fps. Didn't check the results without a cap while streaming but I know that when I was playing off stream and removed the cap I was getting like 170fps. I paired it up with a Sapphire Nitro+ 5700XT. It's a match made in heaven and the RGB of both the CPU and GPU are glorious.

I've yet to find any reason to overlcock this CPU. It destroys everything I throw at it. Afterburner shows that the CPU handles itself nicely, boosting up to 4.2Ghz when it needs to, and coming back down to 3.7Ghz. I've never seen it hit 4.3Ghz on its own but like I said, when all your games get FPS like that at stock with those resolutions & graphics settings, what's the point? Emulators get devoured too. Wii U, PS3, Wii/GameCube, PS2 etc, just straight devoured. Breath of the Wild running at 4K@60 like....."WASSUP?" Not to mention CEMU 1.17.1 is dropping very soon and we're gonna see an even bigger boost in performance for AMD users. I always see the argument about "get the R7 2700X over the R5 3600 only if you stream". No bro, just get it cuz it's cheaper, has more cores, and has a monster heatsink. The gaming performance you're gonna lose is extremely negligent. Check out the testers on youtube.

Speaking of heatsink, almost forgot the temps. I use a NZXT H510 with only the default exhaust fan setup. No extra case fans. I just tweaked the fan curves of the case, cpu and gpu slightly to my liking. Not enough for noise to be an issue either. I live in the Caribbean, it's dry season at the moment, so it's hot as hell. No AC in my room. My temps never go above 70c while gaming....so it's pretty safe to say the heatsink is doing its job. I was expecting more heat with a cramped case like mine and that monster AMD gpu (you know AMD looooves some toast action), but everything's actually running cool. This CPU/Heatsink combo man, there's just so much to love and so much money to save. Gotta love it lol.

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DigIntoGaming

I bought this as an upgrade from an i7 3770k and I was not dissapointed!

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2023

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

I bought this to replace my i7 3770k and for $150 I couldnt be happier! Great value for the money and really good performance, even nearly 5 years later! If you need a good cheap gaming machine and can find a good deal on this cpu used with something like a msi b450 tomahawk max for under $150 I would totaly go for it! You will be happy to have this cpu! Great for multi tasking, streaming, gaming you name it! Ive done a lot with this and now my niece uses it in her gaming pc!

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Iluv2raceit

I'm very happy with my decision to upgrade

Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2018

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

I just upgraded from a 1700X to a 2700X. With stock clocks, under a full load, the 2700X clock speeds (4Ghz) are 500Mhz faster than with my 1700X (3.5Ghz). And DDR4 memory speed was able to be increased from 2933 to 3200Mhz using 4 x 8GB DDR4 modules. Both of these improvements made the upgrade worth it to me. Turn on Gaming Mode through the use of AMD Ryzen Master Utility and CPU clock speeds increase dynamically up to 4.3Ghz! Needless to say, AMD has outdone themselves this time. I'm very happy with my decision to upgrade :D

PROs

- Price for performance can't be beat vs. 1st gen Ryzen and existing Intel CPUs; i.e. the 2700X is $30 cheaper than a 8700K
- Backward compatible with X370 and B350 motherboards (with the right BIOS update)
- Noticeable higher clock speeds vs. 1700X, especially under full load - up to 500Mhz faster clock speeds!
- Precision Boost 2.0 and XFR2 are built into the CPU, which means these features are intact and work even with an older X370 motherboard
- Improved compatibility with higher DDR4 memory speeds vs. 1700X
- Operating temperatures are about the same in spite of the fact the CPU having a 10W higher TDP rating vs. 1700X
- AMD's Ryzen Master Utility really does work!
- Wraith Prism CPU cooler is included and is adequate for stock CPU speeds

CONs

- Very limited overclocking headroom unless extreme cooling is used; i.e. LN02
- Anticipated future release of the higher clocked 2800X variant may cause buyer's remorse to those that just bought a 2700X
- Motherboard related and not really an issue of the 2700X; the X470 chipset is not really an improvement in most areas and features vs. the X370 chipset
- Best DDR4 memory speeds can only be achieved by using 2 of the 4 DIMM slots; 3666Mhz has been achieved with 2 memory sticks, but only 3200Mhz has been achieved using 4 memory sticks
- No native increase in supported PCI-E lanes (24) from the CPU (not including X470 or the upcoming Z490 chipset improvements)

Bottom line, is it worth upgrading to the 2700X? It all depends on what PC hardware you have now and how you want to spend your money. For example, if you own a GTX1060 or RX 570, a GPU upgrade will most likely give you a much better performance increase than upgrading from a 1700X to a 2700X. But, if you have a PC that's 5 years or older, I would say it might be worth upgrading if you have a need for multitasking on your computer. If you game, stream, play music, while running hardware monitoring tools all at the same time, then the 2700X is definitely for you!

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David Needham

It's still competitive

Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

I bought this processor in January 2019 and 5 years later it's still running like a champ, allowing me to play graphically intense games like Escape from Tarkov or Ready or Not or Baldur's Gate 3 while also streaming it at 1080x60 with no stuttering or lag. I can't recommend this enough. Given it's age, the price point is a little bit high, but if you can catch it on sale, it's worth!

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Matthew

Wonderfull Chip and cooler. Probably best not to use the stock thermal compoud though.

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2019

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

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.

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chayah

Good product

Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

Good CPU. Good seller. Served me well for years until I ugraded.

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Satisfied Customer

Excellent Processor Value For the Money

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

I paired this Processor with an MSI X470 Gaming Plus MB, 16GB of DDR4 3000 Team Force Memory, a Nemix 512MB SSD & a Sapphire RX580 8GB Video Card. Power is supplied by a ThermalTake 750 Watt Power Supply. This was an upgrade from my 10 year old Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0ghz processor & 8GB of DDR2 Memory. The system is running Windows 10 Pro. The installation & instructions were straight forward. On the initial setup, I briefly had the the CPU running at 4.4Ghz. The system was stable, with no problems. The only concern I had was running at this speed (using the Stock Ryzen 2700X CPU Cooler set to High) the CPU temps were too high for my liking. So I reset my CPU speed back to stock (3.7Ghz) & the CPU temps are back where they should be. Take Note: If your going to Overclock this CPU, I recommend using a better quality cooler or you would risk damage to your CPU. As far as speed/quickness compared to my old system, hands down this new build is lighting fast. I hope I have many years of good service with the CPU/Motherboard Combo. Take Note: My 1st attempt using the same components (CPU & Motherboard), I had to RMA back to Amazon. Symptoms: Failed POST. No power - Nothing. Contacted Amazon & they made the RMA Process very smooth. They replaced both the CPU & the MSI Motherboard with no questions asked & no cost to me. Once I had the new components in hand, I proceeded a 2nd time. As previously mentioned, I encountered no issues. I was able to pick up the AMD 2700X at $265 & the MSI Gaming Plus MB at $90. Quite a bargain compared to Intel's Offerings. Bottom Line: Equal/Superior Overall Performance without spending twice the cost. Watch Out Intel, AMD will be eating your lunch. Anyone considering this processor should give this processor a Serious Consideration before spending more money on Intel's Offerings.

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JOJO

I love it

Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2019

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

7/15/2020 UPDATE: So regarding the whole offset voltage thing. It seems you may find mixed results. Yes the decreased voltage reduces heat. Reduce heat means higher potential clock right? Wrong.

In situations where the CPU was already more than capabable of handling itself to where it will not harm itself even running full speed(stock) under heavy load. It changes freq. But the problem comes with the voltage requests of the motherboard. The CPU will also downclock if it does not get the voltage it needs. "But you just enable PBO!" Yes that loosens the power caps but remember, volts = watts x amps and amps = watts/volts. So heres how it can possiBly screw you if you don't balance the reduced voltage with the increased amperage. Your MOBO is still requesting the same stock voltage of say 1.58v(my highest hwinfo64 reading) at 138w(PBOenabled. highest hwinfo64 reading) @ at full load causing almost 95amps draw. And thats a problem vs stock where the lack of voltage isnt causing power demands that just cant be met. Causing downclocking. And also reducing XFR to almost zero Benifet since the CPU will refuse to clock any higher if it feels any of its parameters that would allow it to aren't Being met. One of which is caused By the reported SV12 Voltage bing lower than the VID. Making the CPU think its reached max power already since hardware limitations didnt allow for an increasing in amps to compensate for the reduced voltage. Which I admit, a good power supply will help reduce the issue.

In other words, yes you are shedding heat. Great if you dont need the extra horsepower and want to extend life. But if thats not for you, then I wouldnt recomend any voltage offset over -.0500v. Beyond that your just asking to starve the CPU of power. Check GamersNExus for Benchmarks on this exact scenario.

So with the stock cooler. MSI b450m Tomahawk:

My temps are around 40-45c idle. Expected. Loads under gaming 60-70c. p95 75c.

ALL PRETTY DANG GOOD FOR A STOCK COOLER STOCK SETTINGS

My boost clocks are hitting 4.25-4.35ghz consistently during gaming. Which is amazing. I noticed a HUGE difference since I upgraded from a FX 6350 to this monster.

I recently tried a -.0750v offset and so far its very stable and shaved off about 3c-5c on all my temps. And the boost clocks seems to be running about the same. Benchmarks seem to be unaffected as well. I will remove the negative voltage offset as soon as my MSI Frozr L heatsink comes in tomorrow. There is no need to overclock this thing. DO NOT BY AN X if you want to overclock. Buy the non X save $20+ then OC to the X specs. Easy as that. The way ryzens are designed is to self OC to its limits. If you are running hot with high voltages GOOD. Its constantly pushing its limits to get the speeds it needs based on demand. I hit 1.5v+ during gaming all the time. Brief voltage and temp spikes will not hurt this baby at all. I love the way they designed this thing to run.

All in all the Ryzens are great I HIGHLY recommend them. Save yourself hundreds and go with a Ryzen.

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Fadaboey

If your system did not post, read this!

Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2018

Style: ProcessorVerified Purchase

So this is my first ever Ryzen build (2700X) and my 1st 8 core CPU. No thanks to Intel for keeping their 8 core CPUs out of mainstreamers reach with ridiculous prices.
My previous system was a i5 6600K @4.7Ghz, awesome build for just gaming.
Anyways, after assembling the system and powering it on for the very first time, monitor did not show anything. The system had power and all the fancy LED lights and fans were on. So what I did was swap my RAMs from A1 B1 to A2 and B2. Then the system boosted just fine! At first I thought the lastest BIOS update would fix it. But even after the latest BIOS update the system doesn't post if I install the RAMs in A1 and B1. After you move the Ram sticks to A2B2 you might want to take out the battery, disconnect the power cord and reset the CMOS by sorting the two pins.
Coming from the Intel platform I must say, the BIOS is a bit different on Ryzen. On the Skylake, I only had to adjust vcore for CPU voltage. But in Ryzen it seems there's a second voltage to look out for, SoC voltage. I manually set my voltage to 1.375 but HWinfo has shown the max it hit as 1.5v so I guess I need some more tweaking to do.
I'm using a really old Crucial 2400Mhz cl16 Ram which I bought when Intel Skylake first came out. I was able to OC it to 2700Mhz with the Intel system but couldn't do it on the Ryzen, just didn't post. Hopefully later if the Ram prices drop I would upgrade it to 3200mh c14 Ram.
After setting up the drivers I had Windows update running in background and I thought of testing out AC Origins on this system. I was gaming for a about 5 mins and notice that all fans including the CPU fan had stopped for whatever reason. And because of this the CPU temp was well over 90 degrees, so I powered it down and let it cool. After fully updating windows, I tested the game again and everything was good!
I'm going to install Adobe apps and will update more info soon.
One of most annoying issues I got is that Asus AI suite, CPU-Z and HWinfo shows completely different vcore and CPU speed readings. So I have no idea which one is right. I have yet to install Ryzen master.
Oh and right now I'm using the stock cooler that came with the 2700X and idle temps at at 43 celcius ambient at being around 24. Have to use this cooler until I get the AM4 mounts for my NH-D15.
Thanks AMD!

UPDATE 23-May-2018:
I got the mounting kit for my Noctua NH-D15 and now my system idles at 30 celcius while being OC'ed to 4.22Ghz at 1.4v in BIOS! Huge thermal headroom compared to the stock cooler. When all cores are stressed to 100% it peaks at 60 degress! With stock cooler without OC it goes into 80s.

UPDATE 29-May-2018 OVERCLOCKING:
When i first got the CPU i found that 1.425v in BIOS with LLC on Auto gave me a rock solid 4.2Ghz OC. But then I kept seeing this strange vcore changes. At idle, the vcore stays around 1.4v to1.412v. But when I stress the CPU with any intensive task, the vcore drops and stays around 1.362v! That was weird. Less vcore with stress and more vcore when idle. lol
So what I did was after a couple of tests, I manually set my vcore in BIOS to 1.387v and LLC to 5 and now the system always at this vcore even when stressed to 100% and even in idle! NICE. I found that LLC5 was needed to keep my vcore there. When i set the LLC to 4, the vcore drops down from 1.387v to 1.362v when stressed and causes Prime95 to crash. With LLC5 it stays at 1.387v when stressed with Prime95 and I didn't even had to raise the vcore!
So in short, please don't leave the vcore and LLC on Auto. When you OC please set your LLC too.