Last month we published reviews on the Ryzen 7 2700X and Ryzen 5 2600X processors and found AMD’s second-generation Zen models to be off to a great start. Both the models we looked at last month support AMD’s XFR 2 technology though and we weren’t able to look at the non-XFR (eXtended Frequency Range) models of the same processors. Today, we’ll be taking a look at the AMD Ryzen 7 2700 8-core, 16-thread processor that is basically the same thing as the Ryzen 2700X albeit with XFR technology disabled and lower clock speeds. Internally it uses the same Zen+ architecture and is fully unlocked, but thanks to the lower clock speeds the TDP has been reduced from 105 Watts on the 2700X down to just 65 Watts on the 2700. That is a huge drop and should appeal to small-form-factor enthusaists that are building in cases with limited airflow. A large number of cases and aftermarket CPU coolers support 65W processors, so building a system for a powerful 8-core processor shouldn’t be a big deal here in 2018.