AMD Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X in review

AMD's return to the CPU sector last year was reflected in a seemingly endless launch of new processors that could put real pressure on Intel in almost all areas of the desktop PC market. This forced Intel to make the most drastic adjustments to its desktop portfolio in the last decade. Nevertheless, AMD continues to manage to continuously gain market share.

Summary and conclusion

Let's see what we think of the red credit side. A really competitive CPU, sorry two, a very confident price, but bundled with lots of gimmicks and three-givers, which you really miss in Team Blue. However, they cannot be de-voted out. In the end, the street price and the preference for one of the colours will probably have to be judged.

What we really like in use are Precision Boost 2, XFR2, StoreMI, which supports faster memory modules and – tadaa – significantly reduced latency. With this you can live quite relaxed and it shows once again how beautiful such a matured wine can taste. So why should Team Red sell these products below value? The image of cheap Jacob had already been stripped away with the Ryzen debut last year. But now you have nice daughters in the marriage market, who seem suitable for a gamer-marriage even for a long time and who also bring a lot of dowry.

All these things, up to the soldered CPUs (so Lot can't be that dangerous, if AMD can realize this for years without any problems) are worth the award for both new CPUs. The Ryzen 7 2700X is a worthy replacement of the somewhat inflexible and bulky Ryzen 7 1800X and the Ryzen 5 2600X is the right gift for those who don't bathe in endless cores but want to save a lot of money. Six can also be sexy.

Speculation about a Ryzen 7 2800X is, of course, still a spectre if Intel comes on the market with the new Coffe-Lake eight-core CPUs. It's been an eternity since AMD can watch what Intel is doing. If. But there is also the patient roadmap, which can change very quickly if necessary.

We're still waiting for AMD's smaller 400 chipsets, Intel has at least already presented with the B370. But where AMD will start the red pencil remains to be seen. If it is analogous to the B350 boards, it will be a rather superfluous story. Or you can grill the competitor with a fight price. Just please don't have a whimsy 4-layer boards, which no one really needs nowadays.

Zen 2 then becomes the first real Shrink, whatever you can and may expect. Let's just take a look and keep your feet still for the time being. We couldn't find anything really bad this time, just a few not so perfect things that can still be lived with. But that would almost be hair-splitting.

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