Been running my Ryzen R7 1700 since March 2017. Drove Wootware staff up the walls to get mine as fast as possible and it's been a dream ever since. Been doing a bit of gaming here and there, lots of video editing and 3D rendering and it barely raises the temperature. I've been using the stock fan, just had to mod it for the logo to appear at the top and not on the sides. Got some Gskill 3200MHz RAM, two fast SSDs and am now booting windows in about 8 seconds, XP eat your heart out! In true AMD fanboy fashion, I am using it with a R9 380 GPU and still have to find a game that lags or drops frames. Smooth gaming all the way and incredibly fast H.265 encoding.

I got mine about a week ago and it runs like a dream.

Once Bios wass updated and windows was installed + updated I wasted no time to try OC. Went off without a hitch and Ive been running at 3.9 Ghz easy. Will be going for 4.0 or 4.1 Ghz soon but since 3.9 worked so Easily I decided to stick to it.

Great Product!

Running duel screen 24/7 editing or watching Vids and that most the time while gaming. Worth the buy! I haven't seen my temp go over 55 (running a 240 AIO cooler with 3 extra Exhaust fans)

P.S. Thank you Wootware for your Amazing Service.

I bought this CPU right at launch and have been using it in my main PC since, the computer is used primarily for development (C++ with VS2015) and gaming after hours and I occasionally do some video encoding work. For my workflow there simply isn't another CPU that can compete at this price.

I initially struggled getting memory (3200Mhz G-Skill CL16) overclocked on my Asus Crosshair 6 Hero board but have been using a beta bios (0083) for about a month and a newer beta (9943) which completely solves this issue - this BIOS should be released for public download soon.

If you're looking for a beast of a workstation CPU look no further.

If your gaming at anything higher than 1080p and would like the extra performance for non gaming tasks then i'd say nothing else competes in this price bracket.
It's unlocked and has a beefy stock cooler that gets you to 3.8-3.9GHz (OC) out of the box.

It destroys it's competition in anything that fully utilize all the threads and still competes well enough for stuff that doesn't at a lower price point.

pros:
1 - Fast CPU (cinnebench: 1500 @ 3.4ghz)
2 - Unlocked Multiplier
2 - Cheap for an 8 core 16 thread CPU
3 - Cool n Quiet works well with a reasonable overclock
4 - stock cooler has RGB :D:D:D and decent temps with custom fan curve (idle 32 degrees, load 70 degrees @ 3.4gz 1.15V )

cons:
1 - Buggy, issues running ram at rated speeds (newer AGESA Microcode updates will fix this)
2 - Need higher rated ram for infinity fabric (3200mhz+ with suggested samsung b-die kits)

I am very happy with this cpu, by far the best CPU I have purchased