On a budget? Good news for you, as AMD are expanding their third-gen Ryzen processor list with the Ryzen 3 3100 and Ryzen 3 3300X. Announced today, they might be aimed at the budget market but they still look to pack a good punch.
Models:
AMD Ryzen 3 3300X
- 4 cores / 8 threads
- 65 watt TDP
- 4.3 GHz boost / 3.8GHz base
- Expected price: $120
AMD Ryzen 3 3100
- 4 cores / 8 threads
- 65 watt TDP
- 3.9 GHz boost / 3.6GHz base
- Expected price: $99
Both are expected to launch in May 2020.
Additionally, AMD also announced the B550 chipset for the AM4 socket. What looks to be the cheapest chipset with compatibility for PCIe 4.0. AMD said they expected motherboards to ship with the B550 chipset from June 16 onwards.
From the press release:
"Games and applications are becoming more and more demanding, and with this, users are demanding more from their PCs," said Saeid Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, client business unit. "AMD is committed to providing solutions that meet and exceed those demands for all levels of computing. With the addition of these new Ryzen 3 desktop processors we are continuing this commitment with our mainstream gaming customers. We’ve taken performance up a level, doubling the processing threads of our Ryzen 3 processors to propel gaming and multitasking experiences to new heights."
Certainly no shortage of choice on good desktop processors now. Are looking to build a new PC, what processor will you be looking at?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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On the actual topic, I find these processors a useful choice for customers on a budget. Their core counts will probably eventually be a limitation on performance but 4/8 can still get current stuff done decently well and there is a viable upgrade path to higher core count CPUs from these ones when quad-cores no longer cut it.
PlutonMaster Apr 23, 2020
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