Review on 💪 Powerful AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Processor with Wraith Prism LED Cooler - Unleash Maximum Performance with YD270XBGAFBOX by Jason Hutchinson

So this is my first build of Ryzen (2700X) in my life and my first 8 core processor. No, thanks to Intel for not making their 8-core processors available to the mainstream at ridiculous prices. My previous system was a 4.7GHz i5 6600K, a great build just for gaming. Definitely after assembling the system and turning it on for the first time. The monitor showed nothing. The system had power and all the fancy LEDs and fans were on. So I changed the RAM from A1 B1 to A2 and B2. Then the system started without any problems! At first I thought the latest bios update would fix that. But even after the latest BIOS update, the system does not publish when I put RAM in A1 and B1. After moving the ram sticks into the A2B2, you can remove the battery, unplug the power cord, and reset the CMOS by swapping the two pins. As for the Intel platform, I have to say that the BIOS is a bit different from Ryzen. On Skylake I only had to adjust vcore for CPU voltage. But Ryzen seems to have a second voltage to look at, the SoC voltage. I manually set the voltage to 1.375 but HWinfo showed the max value as 1.5V so I think I need to tweak a bit more. I'm using a very old Crucial 2400MHz cl16 Ram that I bought when Intel Skylake first came out. I was able to overclock it to 2700MHz with an Intel system but couldn't do it on Ryzen, just didn't post it. Hopefully I'll upgrade to 3200mhz c14 ram later when ram prices drop. After installing the drivers, I ran a Windows update in the background and considered testing AC Origins on that system. I played for about 5 minutes and found that all fans including the CPU fan stopped for some reason. And because of that, the CPU temp was well over 90 degrees, so I turned it off and let it cool down. After a full Windows update, I tested the game again and everything was fine! I am in the process of installing Adobe apps and will have more information soon. different CPU voltage and speed values. So I have no idea what is correct. I still have to install Ryzen Master. Oh and right now I'm using the stock cooler that came with the 2700X and it idles at 43 degrees Celsius with an ambient temperature of around 24. I'll have to use this cooler until I can get AM4 mounts for my NH-D15. Thanks AMD UPDATE 05/23/2018: I received a mounting kit for my Noctua NH-D15 and now my system is idle at 30 degrees Celsius and overclocked to 4.22 GHz at 1.4 V in the BIOS! Huge thermal reserve compared to a normal cooler. When all cores are loaded at 100%, the maximum temperature reaches 60 degrees! With a stock cooler without overclocking it works until the 80s. UPDATE May 29, 2018 OVERCLOCK: When I first got the processor I found that 1.425v in the BIOS with LLC on Auto gave me a solid 4.2GHz overclock. But then I kept seeing these weird Vcore changes. At idle, the core voltage stays between 1.4 and 1.412V. But when I load the processor with an intense task, the core voltage drops and stays at around 1.362V! It was strange. Less core voltage under load and more core voltage at idle. lol So after some testing I manually set the voltage in BIOS to 1.387V and LLC to 5V and now the system is always at that voltage even at 100% load and even idle! GREAT. I found LLC5 was necessary to keep my Vcore there. If I set LLC to 4, the core voltage drops from 1.387V to 1.362V under load, causing the Prime95 to crash. With LLC5 it stays at 1.387V when charged with Prime95 and I didn't even have to increase the core voltage! In short, don't leave core voltage and LLC on Auto. If you are OC, please also set LLC.