There is a 2700X on my agenda very very soon, thank you once again AMD for turning the market on it's head - Now to just wait on the board reviews
I’ll be exploring how well it does on X370 and find out what it is capable of in terms of memory OCs.
hexus has one up for the Gigaugly Gaming 7: https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/mainboard/116840-aorus-x470-gaming-7-wifi/
Some more boards reviews: MSI Gaming M7 AC: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/msi-x470-gaming-m7-ac-review,1.html Strix X470-F: https://www.vortez.net/articles_pages/asus_rog_strix_x470_f_gaming_review,1.html Crosshair VII Hero: http://www.guru3d.com/articles-pages/asus-rog-crosshair-vii-hero-(wifi)-review,1.html
So having looked at a few reviews now, it seems that, unless you get a golden chip, gunning for a manual all-core OC is actually less effective than just letting XFR2 take care of things.
I think the thing that was different about the 2 was that the x470 can use the overdrive feature when it's released. So at the moment there shouldn't really be a difference. Having said that, I do remember reading/seeing that an 1800x ran with higher frequency ram on the x470 but refused to do so on a x370, but you know that could be a one off thing. Edit: It would have been good to see a test between a b350 and an x3/470 as the b350 doesn't support XFR 2 (probably minimal difference tbh). Also storemi is on x470, but if that feature is any good or not requires a bit-tech test or 2
It is just one of many solutions with the same purpose, Rog Ram Cache, Samsung Rapid Mode etc... While the inclusion has no downsides the number of people who will benefit from it is limited by how many already have access to it in other ways.
Precision Boost Override seems to be a similar thing to what AMD do with GPU's in that it allows you to increase power limits. (Worcester sauce)