With the AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (non-X) down to as little as $255, it seems that now is the time for us to discuss exactly what the benefits, if any, there are to purchasing the 2700 rather than its more expensive big brother, the 2700X. If you consider yourself a computer hardware enthusiast, and are building a new system any time soon, you will want to give this a read.

The AMD Ryzen 7 2700 is the non-X version of the 2700X. So what does the 2700 not have that the 2700X does? The simple takeaway is that the 2700 is clocked a bit lower, and is rated at a much lower TDP of 65W compared to the 105W of the 2700X. The 2700 still has a full 8 cores and 16 threads at your disposal.

We have written extensively about AMD's Precision Boost 2 and how it works with the 2700X and have a good handle on what exactly it does for its user. When you slide down the product stack to the Ryzen 7 2700, that can surely save you a few bucks, what is the overclocking enthusiast giving up in terms of performance, if any?