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

Gift for son whos building his own computer

Ok

Good

Attaching the stock fan is kinda wonky

DOA....

Im running this AMD Ryzen 7 2700X under Linux Mint 19 as a general workstation. I paired it with an EVGA RTX 2080 GPU, 64G of RAM, and SSDs. These arent the absolute fastest parts, but the price came in about $300 less than a build with an Intel chipset for comparable performance. Typical workloads include lots of compilation (gcc), Blender, VirtualBox VMs, docker, Lightworks video editing, and other development tasks. Under moderate load the fans tick up, but it runs cooler than the box it replaces though its easily twice as fast.

8 cores, fast and good temps with liquid cooling. Almost all games run at ultra settings, 1440p with a GTX 1080 Ti. This CPU is more than enough.

For the price this is 8 core 16 thread. Fast beats the i5 9400f 9th gen. Kills it. This is a great cpu for the price.

I have purchased and built so many computers over the years that its impossible to count. When I did an upgrade of my equipment last year, this CPU was great for its price and I was ready to jump back onto the AMD bandwagon. I missed them dearly and was tired of Intel.

Pros- EVERYTHING