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Intel Core i3-9100F (4C/4T) successor at the same price but with 2x the threads (4C/8T).
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Intel Core i3-9100F (4C/4T) successor at the same price but with 2x the threads (4C/8T).
This will probably be quicker than the Ryzen 3 3100X. It looks like the Ryzen 3 3300X was a low volume SKU never available in large numbers.
My guess is that it'll be about as quick as the i3-10100.Quote:
Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH
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Originally Posted by edmundhonda
The top end of the RRP would equate to around £90 in the UK with VAT.
HUB tested it and it is faster than the Ryzen 3 3100X even wih slower RAM.
https://i.imgur.com/Jdu07aQ.png
Can't exactly see it flying off the shelves.
It was trounced in the productivity bench's by the r3/3100Quote:
Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH
But if someone is really doing high level productivity,then surely a Core i5 or Ryzen 5 makes more sense. But a £90 CPU would be relevant for a cheap gaming system,and the issue with the Ryzen 3 3100,its the worst of both worlds. It has only two cores active per CCX,and only 8MB of L3 cache per CCX so the performance is all over the place.Quote:
Originally Posted by ohmaheid
Even some of the Core i5 CPUs like the Core i5 10400F are over £40 cheaper than a Ryzen 5 3600 on Amazon now. The UK pricing for some of the Ryzen CPUs doesn't make sense now - I am sure the Ryzen 5 3600 was around £150~£160 a few months ago.
Intel now the value brand! AMD have left a crack in the door open for intel when they could have buried them in the desktop space.
with the launch of next gen consoles I cant see low end gaming making sense for now, such sub $100 cpus are left for minimal productivity tasks such as browsing and general office paper work. Would AMD and Intel market such cpus for gaming....no way!! 6 core is the new minimum gaming benchmark.
I have friends happily playing WoW and undemanding older games on 2C/4T i3s and I'm sure they'd find this an attractive upgrade. This will find a market.Quote:
Originally Posted by lumireleon
For me (if I was recommending this for a low-end build) the only thing that counts against it is the platform - if you build a budget AMD system then there is a good chance that the next iterative upgrade can be done with just a new CPU, but with Intel you'll almost certainly be held back because of the need for a different socket too.
I know a 17 year old lad doing a BTEC media course who is struggling with a dodgy old dual core i3 laptop. It isn't the high core count monster he really needs, but I expect he would love a 3100.Quote:
Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH
Edit: But really, the lack of availability on low end AMD parts (apart from the 3100, no-one seems to want those) makes these look interesting if they are actually available. I wonder if the likes of HP and Lenovo have ordered lots of 3300X & 3600 chips in the run up to Christmas.
Yeah and you need a new Motherboard. I used to Intel processors but there constant changing Motherboards really got me and others fed up.
Why Intel can't Support its Motherboards for sometime. Who knows.
Scan have this for £72:
https://www.scan.co.uk/products/inte...ign=hotukdeals
This is around £20 cheaper than a Ryzen 3 3100!!
I for one welcome our new maker of budget processors :DQuote:
Originally Posted by CAT-THE-FIFTH
I used to hate building really low end PCs, but these days they are getting pretty decent.