For the very first time since I started building PC's and being involved in IT since 1999, I went to the Red Team and got this for my new build. It's a bit weird to see a CPU with pins on it after Intel went pinless in the Socket 775 days and it does mean that you need to be a bit more careful with handling the chip during install/rebuilding, as you really don't want to bend a pin!

Performance wise so far it's been a big step up from my Intel 3770K, but do be advised that the chip is still a bit picky with RAM compared to Intel based chips. Some of this is also probably motherboard related and hopefully as the Ryzen ecosystem grows, these pains will be smoothed out.

Ultimately, this chip is a no brainer if you are considering building a new rig in 2019, maybe even more so once Ryzen 3000 chips are out. It's not the kind of chip you'll do extreme overclocking on, but I feel it's going to give me good value over it's lifespan for the next 5 years or so. Intel's top Core i7 and i9's will give you better single core performance, but now with a much higher cost premium than in the old days.

Well, there is nothing much to say other than this is the best 2nd generation Ryzen CPU to buy. It will be good.
The second best GPU to buy for gaming if this is a bit to much your you then get the Ryzen 5 2600x.

Below is the rig I bought with this this CPU:
CPU: https://www.wootware.co.za/amd-ryzen-7-2700x-octa-core-3-7ghz-4-3ghz-turbo-socket-am4-desktop-cpu.html
MoBo: https://www.wootware.co.za/asus-rog-strix-x470-f-gaming-amd-x470-ryzen-socket-am4-atx-desktop-motherboard.html
RAM: https://www.wootware.co.za/g-skill-f4-3200c16d-16gtzkw-tridentz-16gb-2x8gb-ddr4-3200mhz-cl16-1-35v-black-desktop-memory.html

Works like a charm. Extremely stable, especially with Google Chrome running with 50+ tabs open! All-in-all, a great CPU for Filmmakers, Editors and Gamers alike.

It works really well with its Ryzen Master software and stock cooler.

It reaches 4 GHz easily with the stock cooler while staying quiet and keeping temps low.
The stock cooler is absolutely beautiful and cools the CPU well and is quite quiet.
Using its gaming mode and stock cooler and paired with cl16 3200mhz ram it reached a Cinebench score of 1805.

Overall it is a really good CPU.

My old system died and it was time to upgrade to a new rig, had a intel Core 2 Duo. Bought this CPU for my Build and it was amazingly fast, partnered it with my asus x470 rog strix.

The wraith cooler is really excellent kept my temps below 50 degrees celcius as well as the RGB LEDs on it.

In my opinion if on a tight budget buying an aftermarket heatsink won't be needed, stick wraith prism it's quite good even when overclocking to some degree. I recommend this CPU while the price is still good.

My first gaming rig had a i5 - 650 dual core with 4 threads that clocked at 3.2Ghz. That was super fast and I had no problems with the performance.

8 years later Zen+ released with 8 cores, 16 threads and the improved 12nm architecture which improved the efficiency, which in turn boosted the single core performance and clock speeds. So I decided to buy this CPU with a Asus Aura x470 motherboard, G-sink 3200Mgz tridentZ memory and I'm blown away.
I have all 8 cores running at 4Ghz and the Wraith cooler is beautiful and keeps the processor below 50c whilst gaming and runs between 30-31c Idle(Using Ryzen Master).

Awesome power for gaming and software development.