Thursday, July 27th 2017
AMD Announces the Ryzen 3 Series Desktop Processors
AMD today announced its Ryzen 3 series value desktop processors in the socket AM4 package. The lineup consists of the Ryzen 3 1200 priced at $109, and the faster Ryzen 3 1300X priced at $129; and compete with Intel Core i3 dual-core SKUs, such as the i3-7100 and the i3-7300, respectively. What AMD has going for these chips is that they are quad-core, even if they lack SMT featured on Ryzen 5 series quad-core parts. Both are endowed with 8 MB of shared L3 cache, and unlocked base-clock multipliers.
The Ryzen 3 1200 is clocked at 3.10 GHz, with 3.40 GHz boost, and XFR (extended frequency range) adding another 50 MHz; while the Ryzen 3 1300X is clocked at 3.40 GHz, with 3.70 GHz boost, and XFR adding a further 200 MHz. In most scenarios, the chip should boost up to 3.90 GHz. AMD carved the two Ryzen 3 series parts out of its 14 nm "Summit Ridge" silicon, by disabling two cores and 4 MB L3 cache per CCX, resulting in 4 cores and 8 MB of total L3 cache. Both chips feature TDP ratings of 65W, and include AMD Wraith Stealth cooling solutions.
The Ryzen 3 1200 is clocked at 3.10 GHz, with 3.40 GHz boost, and XFR (extended frequency range) adding another 50 MHz; while the Ryzen 3 1300X is clocked at 3.40 GHz, with 3.70 GHz boost, and XFR adding a further 200 MHz. In most scenarios, the chip should boost up to 3.90 GHz. AMD carved the two Ryzen 3 series parts out of its 14 nm "Summit Ridge" silicon, by disabling two cores and 4 MB L3 cache per CCX, resulting in 4 cores and 8 MB of total L3 cache. Both chips feature TDP ratings of 65W, and include AMD Wraith Stealth cooling solutions.
45 Comments on AMD Announces the Ryzen 3 Series Desktop Processors
I prefer to spend a little bit more on the CPU/Mobo/Ram because those seem to be the longest relevant components in my PC. To me at least.
I bet these cpu's will become outdated fast when Coffee Lake's lower end cpu's get released.
So your not in the market for an R 3 are you just here to debate, troll or dya have something worth actually saying.
And only someone who knows nothing of chip manufacture and nothing of the pc eco system would have expected 1 ccx chips for R3, its that simple.
Read up , and stop talking rubbish.Haha haaaaa well really ,use your phone its probably more powerful.
Funny guy but for apples to oranges my new (ish) Q 6600 is also shit at games now.
10 years use is Enough ....,......,................ .
Try again
Most kids now days want "PC Master Race/Gaming/RBG Bling" computers when they are 11 and 12 years old. These things are perfect for kids wanting a custom built "gaming rig" with a discrete graphics and would run games flawless @1080 mid/high settings with something as cheap as an RX560. Slap it in a cool little "gaming" case and I get to be the amazing dad, but only spent a few hundred bucks out the door.
Not to mention the amazing upgrade path for cheap when all I have to do is swap a processor or a video card on birthday/Christmas.
I guess I'm just old, so I view things different. :ohwell:
JAT
edit: formatting
Did you miss that part about the upgrade path? AM3 and FX is a dead end platform. Birthday... small investment for an R5 or R7, Christmas...new video card. Look at that, all the sudden my kids have a new SINGLE part that makes their rig feel new and able to tackle any game with a very minimal investment, and I only bought ONE part each time. Why would I ever choose an 8350 for my children, and then them be stuck on a 4 year old platform, instead of something with a few years of life in it?
JAT
Uses way way more power under load so you'd have to shell out extra for a beefier PSU, can run hot need to shell out extra for adequate cooling, needs a board with beefy VRMs or the CPU will throttle like crazy so you have to spend more for a beefier board, old dated platform with no upgrade path, trash single core performance, overall gaming is under an i3 in most games and some just barely the Sandy i5s.
But your small brain can't grasp that
Fanboyism
Which is kind of the point. I'm not saying "Oh the i3 is dead, blah blah", I'm simply saying there is a VERY big market for little chips like these, but it seems everyone keeps saying how worthless they are.
I have given logical reasons why this line is worthwhile, and cost effective for some really economical builds. So I was simply asking for your argument against it...I don't understand what my 6700k has to do with it? :confused:
Intel has their fair share of problems, just like AMD does, but these R3s definitely hit a sweet spot in the market, in my opinion. But again, to each their own, we'll simply have to agree to disagree on this one. :toast:
JAT