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Save your money! Buy this and not the 1700x or 1800x.
This processor blew my expectations out of the water.
Let me start with the setup. I have 16gb of ddr4 ram at 2400mhz, an asus prime b350 mobo, ati r9 390 and the r7 1700 with stock spire cooler.
I launched the PC and it had an inital auto overclock of 300mhz making it 3.3ghz across all cores. I was able to get a stable overclock of 3.8ghz at 1.34v and 38x multiplier.
Cpu runs at approximately 75 c at full load on my overclock. I stressed it for 6 hours at 3.8ghz. The cpu is also capable of down clocking itself when overclocked. I have seen the cpu down clock itself all the way to 900 mhz while doing nothing. This cpu will not only save you money but is an excellent bang for the buck at 8c/16 threads.
I have been able to play arma 3 exile online with over 30 people at 55fps constant.
Battlefield 1 plays at an average of 110 fps
Titanfall 2 gets glitchy occasionally but averages atound 130fps average
If you have any questions feel free to ask.
UPDATE
I have determined that 3.8ghz overclock is too much for the stock cooler being that it is requiring such a massive voltage increase! I have found that the sweet spot seems to be at about 37x multiplier (3700mhz) and 1.2 volts to the CPU. I have now left it at that level and have included benchmarks from Real Bench, CPUZ and Cinebench. If anyone has any questions feel free to ask!
All overclocking was done on stock cooler.
March 2017 · Electronics · verified purchase