AMD - Ryzen 7 5700X W/O Fan - Black

great for budget, if you want a high end old chipset cpu.

Upgraded my 2700 Ryzen 7. Zen+ generation chip. This one definitely shows how far that AMD has improved the Zen formula. It absolutely runs. I even hit the silcon lottery and it will over clock itself to 4650. (not much but hey free perfomance). So far very pleased, just not used to the higher temps at idle and load.

I consider this an upgrade more then a sidegrade due to much more efficient and powerful architectural improvments, for example im using a msi trio 6800xt , i was still able to play 1440p just fine, but my gpu would never be maxed out and cpu would still be hitting 70 degrees and at times a bit more depending on the game and barely hit 4 ghz, sometimes just randomly crash as well during intense gaming... Now with the 5700x, temps stay consistently around 50 -55 degress, hit very close to max cpu speeds, higher 1% lows and higher average of course ,and gpu finally hitting max utilization due to faster and just overall better cpu improvements all around. No crashes due to gaming yet. Under 200 dollars definitely a good deal, oveer 200 not so much.

An absolute beast of a CPU! My computer feels a lot more snappy and everything is running at least 70% faster. East to install and overall offers a great price/performance upgrade.

Got this for a decent price to replace my 3600x without having to spring for a new motherboard and RAM. It still holds up and the performance increase is apparent. Def recommended if you don't want to deal with a new socket type and all the additional purchases that come with it. Just remember to update your BiOS with the most recent version while your old CPU is still installed.