 We all know the drill by now. A new flagship CPU launches, everybody gets hyped, and then the lower end stuff comes out and nobody cares. And I get it, quad core processors that lag behind the competition aren't exactly headline news. But stop, because this time everyone should care, because AMD Zen 2 architecture outperforms Intel's coffee lake clock for clock. And not only that, but today's new Ryzen 3 chips, the 3100 and 3300X run more threads than the competition with higher clock speeds to boot. And that's not even all that AMD is doing to dick over Intel. So stick around, because it's gonna be a wild ride. Brought to you by GlassWire. GlassWire shows you which apps are slowing down your connection in real time. It's used by security pros to monitor for malware, block bandwidth wasters, and detect suspicious activity. Get 25% off today using offer code Linus at the link below. No, my friends, the biggest move here is the price. The Ryzen 3 3100 at 100 US dollars is about 20 bucks more than an Intel 9100F and looks to be a steal of a deal for anyone who's looking to put together a budget gaming or content creation rig, a secondary rig, or a first time build thanks to its extra threads and affordable price. Meanwhile, at just $20 more and $30 less than the Core i5 9400F that it competes with, the Ryzen 3 3300X is maybe even more interesting. Now on paper, it doesn't actually seem that different from the 3100, and while it has more threads than the Core i5 it competes with, it's actually got fewer physical cores, four versus six. And while it has more threads than the Core i5, it's got fewer cores. But as it turns out, there's a big differentiating factor. The 3300X uses a single CCX layout compared to the 3100's two CCX layout. Now, if you're not too familiar with CCXs and their importance, don't worry about it. Basically what it means is better performance because it reduces the amount of time that the cores have to wait to talk to each other. That's really important for modern games and render tasks that might take advantage of four or more threads. Enough talk though. Our benches were equipped with DDR4 3600 memory across the board, fresh installs of Windows, and the latest patches available to make things as fair as they can be. And right away, boy do we see what a difference Zen 2 makes for gaming compared to our Zen Plus Ryzen 5 3400G. Frame rates are anywhere from 20% to 60% higher than AMD's previous budget offering king. Intel's Core i5 9400F does pull ahead by a few frames in a couple of cases, but overall, it seems pretty comparable. But remember guys, this is at over $30 more. And the good news for Team Red keeps coming. Even with an AMD's own lineup, third gen Ryzen 3 ends up being disruptive. For just a machine that's just for gaming on a budget, man, it's hard to convince me to spend another $50 to $80 on a Ryzen 5 3600 over one of these new Ryzen 3s. Like, wow. For productivity, once again, the new Ryzen 3s absolutely embarrassed the last gen 3400G with a 25% higher Cinebench score and a clean 15 to 20 minutes shaved off the Mozilla Firefox compile time. And the 3100 consistently performs on par with even the more expensive Core i5, even in heavily threaded workloads. It is worth noting that here at least, the extra budget for a Ryzen 5 makes it a much better value for content creators though, at least in my opinion, compared to either the new Ryzen 3s or Team Blue's current offerings. But lots of people don't care about that and only upgrade their computers for gaming. So we're gonna try something a little different today. The Core i7-7700K still goes for as much as $250 to $300 on eBay, thanks to its reputation as a great high FPS gaming CPU. Incidentally, it matches the four core eight thread layout on our new Ryzen 3s. And yet, the gaming experience with these new Ryzen chips manages to be in comparable territory for around $100. The Ryzen 3 3100 is typically within 80% of the Core i7's performance level and the 3300X managed to stay essentially on par. And this is at a lower rated power consumption. And then making matters even better for AMD, productivity tells us the same story. Ladies and gentlemen, this is what it used to feel like. This is what we used to see after two and a half years of CPU innovation. Feels good, doesn't it? Both of the new chips ran cooler on our AIO water cooled bench than the Ryzen 5 3600, but something to watch out for is that despite the identical 65 watt ratings, it's clear that the 3300X outputs more heat and draws more power than its little cousin at nearly 70 watts peak. That means that while the box cooler easily handles the 3100, you may need slightly better cooling if you wanna max out the boost clock on the 3300X. To be clear though, I'm talking about upgrading to an inexpensive aftermarket heat sink, not a pricey water cooler. You can save the water for hydrating your body, lttstore.com. So then for budget gamers who plan to use a dedicated graphics card, these are some seriously potent little CPUs. And the news gets even better. Alongside these new chips comes the announcement of the B550 chipset, which is going to allow motherboards with not only full PCIe Gen4 on the CPU lanes, but also bifurcation. So that means we're gonna see multi GPU operation by splitting the primary 16X slot into two 8X slots for the first time on a budget chipset. It even uses less power than the outgoing X470 does, meaning that it no longer needs active cooling. I am expecting our holiday buyer's guides this year are gonna have some very good things in store. The only question left then is, which third gen budget AMD CPU to buy? At just $20 more than the Ryzen 3 3100, the Ryzen 3 3300X takes the crown for me. $120 for what is essentially a core i7-7700K without the overclocking headroom is a breathtaking concept. And it seems like unless Intel's 10th gen processors significantly improve performance or slash their pricing, AMD has now got the very high end, the not quite as high end, mobile, and even the budget segment on lockdown now. Speaking of lockdown, what's in your online security toolkit locking down your privacy on the internet? Adding a VPN lets you mask your IP and encrypt traffic to and from your devices and private internet access has reliable service with over 3,300 servers in 30 countries. They've got no bandwidth caps and they've got configurable encryption and an internet kill switch to keep you in control of your connection. 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