Last member of the Ryzen Crew, Ha! - Quad Core Zen 2 CPUs found

[MageTank]

Man, I am curious if my local Micro Center is gonna get these and if they will allow for the $20 bundle discount. In my head, this is basically an $80 7700K minus the fun of delidding and high overclocking.

[Dellenn]

Pricing courtesy of Tom's Hardware 

 

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-3-3300x-3100-b550-chipset-announced

 

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The $120 Ryzen 3 3300X lands with an 3.8 GHz base frequency and 4.3 GHz boost, while the $99 Ryzen 3 3100 weighs in at a 3.8 GHz base and 3.9 GHz boost. Both chips come with a capable Wraith Stealth cooler and will be available in May 2020.

 

 

[williamcll]

Thank you @Dellenn for updating us with the amd links:

[Mister Woof]

These 7nm Quad Core/SMT chips will be CRUSHING it in the budget gamer market.

 

$99 i7-7700k? yes, please.

[aisle9]

25 minutes ago, MageTank said:

Man, I am curious if my local Micro Center is gonna get these and if they will allow for the $20 bundle discount. In my head, this is basically an $80 7700K minus the fun of delidding and high overclocking.

Which begs the question: is this the final nail in the coffin for ever recommending an Intel quad-core again? As recently as a couple of days ago, I was recommending the i7-2600 as a budget performance CPU to someone. But with that selling for $70 on eBay, it's tough to do so ever again, especially knowing that basically any B450 board on the planet can overclock a Ryzen 3 without concern about nuking a VRM.

[MageTank]

Just now, aisle9 said:

Which begs the question: is this the final nail in the coffin for ever recommending an Intel quad-core again? As recently as a couple of days ago, I was recommending the i7-2600 as a budget performance CPU to someone. But with that selling for $70 on eBay, it's tough to do so ever again, especially knowing that basically any B450 board on the planet can overclock a Ryzen 3 without concern about nuking a VRM.

I'd say so, especially with all of the upgrade options available on the AM4 platforms. Even if AMD stopped releasing new processors for AM4, someone with a quad core Ryzen 3 could jump up to a 16 core 3950X without swapping boards if they wanted to (assuming VRM can handle it). That's a pretty massive multi-threaded performance boost despite sticking with the same platform. 

 

These CPU's will be perfect as a stopgap for people that need a cheap CPU to tide them over until they can afford or find a better CPU in-stock. Not only that, people interested in learning how to OC can use these or the 3200G and learn the fundamentals without risking damage to more expensive processors. Also helps to keep a cheap diagnostic processor on-hand, something Ryzen 3 would be perfect for.

 

I was hoping to wait for the 3rd gen APU's to launch, but if this is cheap enough, I'll definitely grab one anyways.

[TVwazhere]

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[Dellenn]

Graphic courtesy of Anandtech.com
https://www.anandtech.com/show/15736/amd-ryzen-3-3300x-and-ryzen-3-3100-new-low-cost-quadcore-zen-2-processors-from-99

I tell you what - that's one hell of a sku matrix!

[Brooksie359]

This looks like an amazing deal. I know for quite some time people would recommend the 1300 or the other 100 dollar 4 core chips for very budget systems but with this being zen 2 and having hyperthreading it will actually be very capable on a budget. 

[Guest]

The 3100 looks like the new budget king replacing the 1600af. Plenty of single core performance with that 3.9Ghz boost and 8 threads is plenty for most games.

[Dellenn]

Looks like we have a leaked die arrangement for these chips.

 

Courtesy of Overclock3d.net

https://www.overclock3d.net/news/software/amd_s_ryzen_3_3100_3300x_core_topology_leaks/1

 

 

[5x5]

I guess the 3300X will have reduced latency due to the single core cluster and lower core-to-core latency communication.

[atxcyclist]

On 4/21/2020 at 10:44 AM, aisle9 said:

Which begs the question: is this the final nail in the coffin for ever recommending an Intel quad-core again? As recently as a couple of days ago, I was recommending the i7-2600 as a budget performance CPU to someone. But with that selling for $70 on eBay, it's tough to do so ever again, especially knowing that basically any B450 board on the planet can overclock a Ryzen 3 without concern about nuking a VRM.

With just how many older platform parts there are floating around, there's still a market for that stuff. I see 3rd gen Core pre-builts going for sub-$200 at times, that plus an SSD and a used entry-level graphics card from last gen, and you're well under $400 for a pretty decent gaming experience and plenty good for older titles.

[Letgomyleghoe]

On 4/21/2020 at 8:40 AM, Mister Woof said:

$99 i7-7700k? yes, please

You also get 7nm!