The question about whether a Ryzen 7 2700 is overclocked or 2700X remains unresolved.
The question about whether a Ryzen 7 2700 is overclocked or 2700X remains unresolved.
I anticipate a significant platform upgrade soon, as my FX 8350 is becoming less capable for newer titles. I'm considering whether investing in a Ryzen 7 2700X would be beneficial compared to the standard model. My setup includes a Swiftech H240X with Noctua industrialPPC 3000RPM fans, and my previous overclocking achieved 4.7GHz at 1.51V on an Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0.
All the evidence suggests a minimal variation in maximum overclock potential between X and non-X CPUs.
OK thank you, I'm just asking since I lost the silicon lottery with my 8350, people with a similar setup to me claimed they were able to get an 8350 to 5.0GHz on all cores with 1.5V Prime95 stable, but I was never able to.
Yeah, unfortunately I've never seen much evidence for any meaningful binning between X and non-X models. I mean, if you wanted to get the absolute max overclock you may be better off with X CPU, but we're talking 100 MHz (
maybe
200 MHz) at most, and that's if you get lucky.
Just
be careful with your voltages
. There's a reason why AMD gave the community a safe max voltage for 1st gen but have remained completely silent about 2nd gen.
I concur with TJ.
I chose a 2600 instead of a 2600x myself. My rig runs at 3.95 GHz and it performs well, often surpassing stock 2600x systems in many scenarios.
I performed an overclock to 4 and 4.075 GHz, but the performance gain was small, so I opted for the lower setting for continuous use.