By Kevin Lee
AMD had a banner year in 2017, introducing Ryzen to shake up the whole processor world with higher-core counts, better multi-threaded performance and lower prices than what Intel’s CPUs retailed for. For all its success, it was inevitable that we would see AMD Ryzen 2nd Generation do the same in 2018 expect bigger and better – and oh boy has it.
Ryzen 2nd Generation is the most significant processor refresh in years, introducing the first 12nm architecture in consumer CPUs, higher clock speeds and better overall features. The Ryzen 7 2700X encapsulates all of AMD’s ambitions by not only outperforming its predecessor, but also company’s last flagship Ryzen processor, as well as the Intel Core i7-8700K. Topped off with a very reasonable price, value adding software features and an included RGB CPU cooler, The AMD Ryzen 7 2700X has risen to be our Best in Class processor.
Pricing and availability
Priced at $329 (£299, AU$469), the AMD Ryzen 7 2700X is slightly more expensive than the Ryzen 7 1700X even at its initial $309 (£269, AU$429) pricing. However, based on the performance of this processor, we would also consider it to be a successor of the $499 (£299, …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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