AMDYD1700BBAEBOX Ryzen 7 1700 Processor with Wraith Spire LED Cooler

Huge upgrade! I've gone from a quad core AMD Phenom II to a Intel i3 and now on to Ryzen. So much more headroom to handle more tasks and run more things at the same time. At the time, my i3's motherboard was having issue's and figured I needed to upgrade. I couldn't wait for results of Threadripper or the i9 platform. The 1700 should suit me for now. The reason I choose this one over the two higher Ryzen 7 tiers is that the 1700 is at a default 65w TDP. To think that we get 8 cores for that amount of power is crazy. My old AMD Llano APU was rated at 65w and I turned it into a office computer. The other reason I got this one is that I can always overclock it to match closer to the 1700X or 1800X. In games I have noticed a better FPS count over my previous set up and I couldn't be happier. For years I always wanted a high core count cpu for a reasonable price so I can do Workstation stuff and have the speed to game. I do like the RGB cooler that came with it, it is definitely a better build quality then what AMD use to ship with it's processors. I think I would have been fine with the Ryzen 5 1600, but I am happy I choose the 1700. I recommend If you are new to overclocking or not confident on doing it, get the 1700X and buy a higher performance 3rd party cpu cooler so the XFR feature can give you a bit more speed. Only con is that I wanted something like this years ago, and I'm not talking about the FX series or buying a Xeon.I wish I could go back in time and laugh at myself using a 1 core cpu computer lol

This is hard to write. I used to build nothing but AMD machines back in the tbird days. They were the plucky underdog of gaming. All was well until I bought the fx53. I had every type of problem known to exist to the point where I was calling amd and talking to technicians at multiple points. They did try to help but never replaced or refunded me either. It ran nuclear hot and eventually after two motherboards and three psu's it fried. I was only 17 and had saved up for over a year for this chip. Any other build to that point for me was cheaper than just that cpu. Never touched another AMD chip until now. Since switching to Intel I have had no issues at all, they run cool and efficient. Here's where the problem lies. Kaby lake is good but mediocre. Either skylake shouldn't have been released or it should have come with the Z270 features on it already. When I came into some scratch, I waited (not my strong suit). I wanted to believe AMD could once again topple a colossus. They have. Intel isn't going anywhere and nor should they, but it has made them sweat a little and I'm grinning the whole time. Both are amazing and loved by me, the left side of my brain loves the low tdp and numerous efficiencies. The right side of my brain loves that AMD has created a piece of sophisticated art while yelling out the window at the top of their lungs and never letting off the breaks. We need Intel's responsible conservative nature, but we also need AMD's belt fed .50BMG levels of insanity. It's not always smart to fix a problem with a sledgehammer but sometimes you actually do need one. This thing is cheap for what you're getting and only 65w tdp with eight cores and sixteen threads...It's insanity incarnate. I have it overclocked to 3.7 on the stock wraith cooler running idles at 38c and 1.185 volts. RAM is set to 2667MHz, but will soon be able to get 3200 as patches arrive. Unless you are an extreme enthusiast, just get this, so many bases are covered from heavy workloads and rendering to gaming and graphic design. There is some minor teething but most are already being fixed as I write this, it's new, there will be some tweaking required but nothing difficult. Check out level 1 tech's review as I feel they did a much better job of explaining the architecture and expectations of the new design. Ryzen is a sign of renewed competition which breeds smarter design. Thank you AMD for never giving up and showing us that underdogs can once again rise like a phoenix.

What a great price for such a beast of a processor. I was so excited to build my first PC and also use this new chipset! I liked the performance adjustments you can seem to get out of this one over the x version, so I left the included cooler in the box and put it in storage. Then I brought out my Corsair AIO and hooked it up to my new 1700. Given a high RAM diet, this chip absolutely flies. Rendering and streaming are very quick. I can stream with OBS at 6300 bitrate at 1080p60fps with NO dips in performance ever. OBS tends to be quite CPU intensive, so this is quite nice (and luckily my internet speeds can keep up).People said this isn't as good at gaming as Intel's lineup. I'm sorry, but I just don't see it. I play all the latest AAA titles as well as competitive ESports titles at 1080p super-sampled to 4k when applicable, max graphics, etc, with no dips in performance, issues with frames, tearing, or anything but the best visuals in gaming I've experienced so far.As I mentioned earlier, this chip loves RAM. I had 16GB of 3200MHz RAM to start, but found that I needed an additional 32GB to really max out my streaming as well as my video editing. 32GB 3200MHz seems to really keep this chip happy and producing great numbers both in benchmarks and in render times, stream reliability and speed, etc.I have this overclocked to 4.1GHz on all cores. This was a trial though. I'm having an issue in the BIOS (ASUS TUF board) where I can't overclock past 3.65GHz unless I play with voltages. The problem is that if I change the voltages for the CPU literally at all, in any direction, the system reboots with a default speed of 1.5GHz on all cores. The only way to get past this was to use the Ryzen Master software. I actually had tried it earlier but thought it didn't work. Turns out it gives you an error saying the application of your overclocked failed, but it really doesn't. If you look at the output, your overclock runs just fine. The part of the program many people don't like is that every time you turn your computer on after being off, it resets to default speed. So every time I go onto my computer I must apply my OC before I game in order to have consistent gaming performance and streaming. I don't mind this at all though. Just keep it in mind when you get this chip.All in all this chip is my pride and joy. I brag about it a bit because it's better than I am in pretty much every way. Paired with a GTX 1080, my system can do just about anything. Ryzen 7 1700 is probably the best chip for the price if you're looking for the higher end as a gaming/editing/streaming usecase.