This Budget CPU Was a Gaming Beast, And Then It Disappeared

[@X2yt]

Since launch I've only ever seen it in stock once, and even then stock was like 3 units. One of my friends bought it for like 150 euros, turned out to be one of the best possible purchases in recent years.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

That was a lucky buy! I put off buying it for a week after launch and regretted it ever since lol

[@iamatlantis1]

@nunya Lol, I've never looked in to getting one. But hundreds available on Ebay, doesn't sound all that rare :) Maybe he's talking about finding one brand new? Wait isnt it years old now? Hmm

[@youssefgrine8294]

I bought a new ryzen 3600 for 120€, so the ryzen 5 is better but still the ryzen 3 is a great cpu!!

[@potato927]

@@youssefgrine8294 you mean used or new?

[@WTBMrGrey]

Wow €150? Ive got two brand new R5 3600's for €150 each.

[@BarDocK_LSSJ]

I remember the launch of this cpu and it literally flew off the shelves.

[@johnsherby9130]

I preordered it and got it like 4-5 months later

[@DeerJerky]

literally? Please tell me you recorded their flights!

[@RSCOZZY]

Like literally like 😆

[@AlexandraYume]

I just checked on a german price comparison site. Here in Germany, you can get a 3300x for 250. same price as for a 5600x currently

[@saricubra2867]

Same price as i7-10700K in Microcenter US.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Madness

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Ryzen 3 3300X was basically a reject of 3600X and 3800X, while Ryzen 3 3100 was a reject of 3600 and 3700X. As said in the video, Zen 2 architecture was more successful during silicon lottery, so there were not that many 3300x to begin with . And due to silicon shortage, it did not pay off for AMD to make these cheaper processors on purpose . And currently Zen 2 architecture is slowly winding down, so do not expect to see much 3300xs anyway (or even 3100s) . Best bet is to save some money for 3600 and have a proper 6 core 12 thread processor .

[@Wings_of_foam]

1049 dkk= €141

[@iamatlantis1]

Oh geez. Hopefully no one buys them at that comparative price.

[@NoKiddingBoss]

2:32 you are correct. the 3300 and 3100 are indeed defective ryzen chips that doesn't meet the required core count for 3600 and above products. as the manufacturing process matures - less and less defective chips are produced hence why these ryzen 3 vanished like a fart in the wind which is a real shame because they are really competitive chips for their original MSRP. TLDR; the 3300 and 3100 are not purposely built cpu's. but rather a byproduct of defective chips during the (at the time new) manufacturing process. it was a godsend back then the "no chip left behind" mantra.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thank you, it took me a while to wrap my head around the details haha

[@ironeleven]

On top of that the defective CPU had to have a very specific configuration of good cores to be a 3300X and not a 3100 (All four good cores on the same core cluster, or CCX).

[@DigitalJedi]

With AMD moving to an 8 core CCX with the current 5000 cpus it makes sense that the 5100, 5200, and 5300 variants are quite rare as losing that many cores to defects on a CCX likely means other parts of it are dead too.

[@roqeyt3566]

It's also why you can sometimes get disabled cores or cache to work, but it's a bit of a mess and it's usually instable Sometimes a chip has 5 working cores, and the cache is functional for a 6 core model, but one core is just not really up to the task so they bring it down to the next lower spec by disabling portions.

[@ej_tech]

I got a Ryzen 3 3100 from Dec 2020. Now I'm not sure if its just silicon lottery or if it's due to the more mature process like you said, but I'm able to do a 4.3 GHz overclock at just 1.243v. Essentially an i7-7700K for $100.

[@Josh-oc7ib]

When the world needed it most- It vani-

[@haidangnguyen8332]

Luckily i got one for $120 and one for my friend, he mostly plays esport games so the 3300x is a no brainer choice for the price

[@iamatlantis1]

down with esport titles!

[@iamatlantis1]

j/k, nice job helping your buddy out. I dont have any friends.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Excellent price

[@waynwastaken]

@@iamatlantis1 bruh

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

This and the 1600AF at launch prices were unbeatable. At the time I built a PC for my nephew with the 1600AF at $85, it was almost a steal for the performance. Oh, and a week later I got myself a 2200G for my HTPC for a mere $80, another steal. Good times, but I wish I udapted my GPU back then...

[@darthwiizius]

The 3300X was a demonstration of what a single CCX chip would bring to the table, AMD was hinting at the upgrade that the ZEN3 chips would bring with their 8 core single CCX design even using just 4 cores in a ZEN2 architecture.

[@rdmz135]

yep i snapped up AMD stock as soon as i saw the potential of the 3300x

[@darthwiizius]

@@rdmz135 Good job mate. For a £100/£120 it was an absolute bargain.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

My thoughts exactly when I saw the Ryzen 5000 launch event

[@DazTheMe]

CCL had these with motherboard bundles on their eBay shop, I actually bought a 3300x bundle a few months ago to build a budget system for someone. Seems they only have them bundled with A320s now to shift the stock I would guess. but I got it with B450 and 16Gb of 3200mhz Ram.

[@s.o.k5207]

Nice how much?

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah seen the a320 bundles. Not too bad if you don’t want to overclock

[@beetooex]

I got pretty much the exact same b450 3300x bundle from CCL for my sister in law

[@Kizarat]

AMD should really start focusing on APU production, especially RDNA-based APUs because from watching the price trends of their current 5000 series CPUs with the frequent discounts on them from retailers, they're more accessible and easy to buy than their GPUs. They would earn more this way instead of expecting people to buy overpriced GPUs.

[@takehirolol5962]

Not really...the main markets are still buying new expensive GPUs...

[@hoangd4132]

they do but they'll focus on laptop market first and desktop get the leftover later

[@Kizarat]

@@takehirolol5962 ...which are out of reach to most gamers who don't have disposable income lying around.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah they just need to include a better onboard gpu. The cpu parts keep getting better but the gpu is always a bottleneck

[@TheMakiran]

Rembrandt is coming, it'll feature rdna 2 based gpu

[@dadonutslvl90]

Still rocking this a year later and it's popped up here and there down under but I've only seen box damaged ones on sale now locally.

[@tj3495]

I recently put together a lower cost amd system, and i wanted a 3300x However i found they were only about 10$ CAD cheaper than the 3600 new. And on the used market they were actually more expensive than the 3600. So i felt i was kind of pushed in the direction of buying the 3600 because the pricing just didnt really make sense. I have seen some benchmarks from HUB where the 3300x scored higher than the 3600 because of the higher single core performance. But the 6/12 cpu will most likely have more longevity.

[@deanchur]

Do you ever plan on reviewing the Intel 10100F? I was planning a budget PC build for my niece and the 10100F with RX550 seemed like a great entry level combo (she eventually bought a friend's PC); it' was slightly quicker than the price-equivalent AMD at the time, Ryzen 3100 or something like that.

[@tombeals6234]

I have the i5-9600KF with RX590 FATBOY. No overclocking setting changes or anything. I get consistent 60fp in any 1080p game I've played. Great affordable combo. Worked really well with i3-9100f as well

[@WayStedYou]

It's basically impossible to make one due to good yields. they would have to disable higher price cpus to make them

[@TheJuggtron]

In older times they have disabled better parts to fill supply contracts. I'm pretty sure nowadays those contracts are written so that "at least" a certain part is supplied, rather than wasting high quality parts and better thermal management and customisable TDP have helped.

[@mr.darknight416]

@METhOdhowtoKilLnoObS and 5800x are the 5900x that failed the requirements, hence why 5800x runs a bit hotter but are great for oc since they are quite high ends chips. 5600x are not 5800xs tho, its a bit different process for those.

[@promax6024]

Managed to buy one in Thailand a month ago for 120 euros, brand new in box from reputable retailer, really happy with it so far.

[@m00kism]

Love my 3600 even though it's a little warm. Looked at upgrades but performance uplift not worth the high cost.

[@BlackJesus8463]

Did you try redoing thermal paste?

[@MudSluggerBP]

Yeah I’m running a 3600 in my build alongside a 2070 Super and 16gb of Ram nothing it can’t run at 1080-1440p at 60+ FPS 👍🏻

[@ErkanMehmedali]

@@MudSluggerBP have the same setup.

[@m00kism]

@@BlackJesus8463 I got an arctic esports duo & some good noctua paste. It's under control running at max all the time, it's just a bit of a hot boi by nature.

[@aboveaveragebayleaf9216]

My friend was telling me about a program that automatically finds stable undervolts for ryzen. Might be worth looking into. Also just a better cooler. The stock one is kinda whimpy. Not intel whimpy, but still. Cooler master hyper 212 is working well for me (5600x).

[@henryfleischer404]

I remember considering this for my new pc last year. I ended up going for the 3700x because I don't want to have to replace the CPU, and then compromising on the GPU and RAM slightly, under the assumption I would add more ram and replace the graphics card in a few years. I'm feeling pretty smug with how the chip shortages have only gotten worse since I got my computer.

[@narcoleptic-insomniac4663]

I finally got one for $125 at Walmart…it was great. I used it in a really sick gaming (Strictly) setup alongside a 3070ti.

[@saltlife8762]

what about bottleneck?

[@bolanii]

It won't bottleneck a 3070ti. Think of it as using a slightly weaker than average 8700K or i9 7900X

[@narcoleptic-insomniac4663]

@@saltlife8762 what about it? Runs almost everything at a 20fps drop from a 3800x when placed head to head. The price to performance is fantastic and the architecture is also fantastic. Obviously if i went with a 5600x or 5800x it would do better all around, that money saved went into the aesthetic though.

[@Malachi333]

Yeah that’ll definitely bottleneck a 3070ti homey - thay GPU can bottleneck an 8 core in certain games

[@saddemgargouri]

@@saltlife8762 it's very difficult to bottleneck a CPU unless you're going with some of most ridiculous combinations

[@davidlee6136]

My local Micro Center had them for $120 or $130 USD recently and they were on the shelf for a week or two, but they are gone again. Seems like the supply for these are just sporadic.

[@YugiSatan]

With the availability of used 2600, 3600, etc being around $120-150, there's hardly much reason to get a 3300x at this point really. Can even find used 1600af for $80-$110 pretty often

[@waynwastaken]

on amazon the 3600 is $300 lmao

[@nathanbasset]

I upgraded from a 1600AE to the 3300X I don’t agree with your sentiment

[@okabesg4389]

@@nathanbasset af and ae are different

[@okabesg4389]

can you send me where u found the used 1600af, im building my pc next week and all i need is the cpu

[@nathanbasset]

@@okabesg4389 I bought it when it came out.

[@Cotay17]

They are available new (at least in the US) if you keep your eyes peeled. I just purchased two of these in August to upgrade a couple of R5 1500X machines for my kids. One was purchased from Newegg on August 12, 2021 for $148.39 shipped and the other from B&H Photo on August 19, 2021 for $153.69 shipped.

[@spacecy]

Great content mate.

[@Poorgeniu5]

You've done your research very well because that what actually happened last year when im looking to upgrade an younger sibling's PC. Settled on a used R5 2600 in the end.

[@Middcore]

I had a 3300X pre-ordered from B&H for my wife's PC at least a month before release (wanted to upgrade her from an i5-6500 machine). Release day came and went, about two more months went by, and B&H would periodically email me to say they still didn't have any stock. I eventually gave up, canceled the pre-order, and used a secondhand 2600 for her system.

[@lukeang5615]

I managed to get the 3300X for MSRP at launch and I’ve been using it very happily with a 1660 Super ever since

[@MasterDebjit]

In India, since its launch, I have been waiting anxiously for it so that I could purchase it at MSRP since launch. It came in stocks, but was grossly overpriced like 16k Indian rupees. I always suggested this processor if thy could get it at MSRP from anywhere for any budget or mid level built. Absolute beast of a processor at the price point.

[@fatmama335]

I bought an r5 2600 for $90 , came with a tube of grizzly cryo paste and the stock cooler. stuck it in a b450 mortar max for $60 brand new, temps idle at 43C and max at 77C. Paired with an RX 580 8gb I can hold my 60fps in most games mixing high and medium in certain titles and high in less demanding ones.

[@okabesg4389]

where did you buy it from

[@fatmama335]

@@okabesg4389 the cpu I got it used but in the box sealed and all

[@okabesg4389]

@@fatmama335 yeah but like what website

[@fatmama335]

@@okabesg4389 ebay

[@caosonnguyen3336]

Can't find the 3300X anywhere for my first custom bults so I had to buy the 10105f brand spanking new at 105$. A month later I spotted a single 3300X used for ~120$, and imidiately sold the i3 to grab it. Not much of an improvement over the i3, a bit let down initially, but having all the OC and tweaking options at the palm of my hand, it slowly grew on me. Working beautifully and I'm very happy

[@HardWhereHero]

Its out of stock for the same reason everything else is, the silicone is being used on the newer chips and older stuff is being produced much, much slower then normal. I would love to find one of these for a mini portable build.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Ryzen 3 3300X was basically a reject of 3600X and 3800X, while Ryzen 3 3100 was a reject of 3600 and 3700X. As said in the video, Zen 2 architecture was more successful during silicon lottery, so there were not that many 3300x to begin with . And due to silicon shortage, it did not pay off for AMD to make these cheaper processors on purpose . And currently Zen 2 architecture is slowly winding down, so do not expect to see much 3300xs anyway (or even 3100s) . Best bet is to save some money for 3600 and have a proper 6 core 12 thread processor .

[@mat_max]

3300x have always been out of stock

[@boringbill]

I used to not really like your videos but after watching a few more your now one of my favorite tech KZbin channels

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thank you buddy :)

[@adamsaint2890]

Good video. The 10100F and 10105F are great performers, nearly as good as an i7-7700. The only snag is the price of LGA 1200 motherboards. They cost at least £60 for the most basic H410, whereas an AM4 A320 board can be bought brand new for £25 (Amazon).

[@djlim4612]

Bought the Ryzen 3 3300X on the first week of it's launch. It is an awesome chip for the (initial) price. Running Flight Simulator 2020 smoothly on 1080p ultra, pairing with 5700XT.

[@rattuna4773]

Oh wow I built my new pc recently and I got my 3300x quite easily, I had no idea the market was like this for the 3300x, I feel lucky now lol. When I purchased my 3300x, it didn't make sense to get the 3100x because it was actually cheaper than the 3100x at the time, somewhere around late July. I think it's an absolutely fantastic CPU, definitely an upgrade over my first gen i3 lol. Great video as always.

[@AlexHeathman]

I saw that bot teleport at 1:33 😂😂 it confused me too

[@zjunk4877]

This chip never actually existed. They sent samples out to reviewers to pretend they cared about gamers on a budget and never made them again. I was trying to buy one after seeing reviews and they NEVER came back in stock. This was the first clue AMD doesn't give a fuck about you unless you're spending $550+ on your CPU. Zen3 pricing and the fact the overpriced 5600x has had very little restock was the next. But the 5800x and 5900x is always in stock. Screw AMD. I'm done pretending they give a shit about anything but profits.

[@slimsam3447]

I really hate people who bootlicks billion dollar company. AMD is a company. What does companies do? They sell shit and get money. People always talk as if AMD was a crusader, one which will SLAY overpriced Nvidia and Intel. But in reality, AMD just see you as dollar bill, same as these other company.

[@alejandrobolanos4655]

Proud owner of one of these. It's brutal and I love it

[@Imperator23Lp]

I can only agree with you, a 4 core / 8 thread CPU is more than enough for todays games. I picked up an Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 (comparable to a Core i7-4790) for 55€ and coming from an i5-4460 it does make a huge difference!

[@GuitarwolfZero]

Watching on a 3300X :) I love this little CPU. 4.35GHz of Zen 2 core goodness. It only set me back about $115 USD for a tray version. I have mine paired with an RX 570 in an SG13 ITX case.

[@DPROvse]

Nice build buddy, I've got that fantastic SG13 too, but paired with R5 3600 and RX 5600XT and also with ATX power supply xd

[@Saintbow]

When I built my 3300x system, I also scored a brand new vega 56 for $200 from Newegg. (it was on sale on the weekend I bought it) It has exceeded all of my expectations for the quad core and the vega gpu. They love being overclocked and has been a little race horse for me. Yes, I went overkill for the cooling system, because I thought I would be upgrading to the new 5000 series cpu when they came out...Then the gpu and cpu apocalypses happened. So the pairing has been amazing and never regretted it.

[@voteDC]

And here is me just upgrading to a Ryzen 5 1600AF. I'm really happy with the boost in performance over my old i5-4690k but I find my FPS hasn't gone up too much because I'm being held back by my GTX 970 (I find it absolutely bizarre that I could sell the card for the same price as I paid for it brand new, graphics card prices are mad right now.)

[@divulpes1828]

I bought mine brand new from South Korea for only $126 in sealed packaging. But shortly after I bought mine, within 24 hours, the price jumped up $30 and then jumped again $40 more less than a week after the first price jump. Really happy I did when I had the chance. Edit: i3 10105's can be had for $94 on eBay. So if you guys need a decent chip, I recommend it :)

[@Tobias.PK420]

keep up the content . best uk tech youtuber ( especially cuz you test budget hardware unlike other youtubers which only test overpriced 3080 and ryzen 5950x )

[@urrrr]

I more like your longer videos but even shorter videos are fun. Great video as always

[@aussiegrif8729]

Scorptec here in AUS currently has supply of 3300X for $269 (140 pounds roughly) and when they sell out they normally get more stock in relatively quickly. There are some other suppliers too but they seem to be much more sporadic with their stock.

[@sleepingyukinolpaing1223]

I bought 3300X and Rx580 last January and it's a pretty decent budget gaming machine. It's also very good for music production. I can use cpu intensive plug-ins like serum and kontakt without any problems. I don't remember the price exactly but it's somewhere around $150. I got a really good gaming machine for around $1000. Monitors and UPS included.

[@LitoLepardo]

Got it 4 weeks after launch after my local reseller restocked. Hounded them everyday for it, when it arrived only 4 units where available and when i got to the store I got the last one (at MSRP). Pretty contented with it even if it is currently paired with only a 1650 Super. Was planning on upgrading but the GPU fiasco started.

[@RaffyART1995]

Nice! Cool video!

[@jeffie8696]

I purchased one when they launched and built my nephew a gaming computer which he is still rocking to this day. A few weeks ago they came up on Newegg and B&H and I picked one up at reasonable cost installing it on a very cost effective B450 Steel Legend which is waiting to go into a case now. I run a 3600 myself but I believe I could run the 3300X without issues for my daily driver paired with my 2070Super.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah you definitely could, it’s surprisingly capable

[@jeffie8696]

@@RandomGaminginHD Keep up the great videos son thank you

[@BerryFunChannel1]

I just wanted to say you're getting better at games... like actually really decent...

[@StormWind464]

I was lucky enough to get one of these for $130 back in December. I bought it with the intention of upgrading to a 5600X when prices dropped, but the 3300X has been doing so well for me that I'm in no rush to swap it out.

[@TC-tn9tb]

My 3100 is oc to 4.5ghz @ 1.27v and it rarely goes above 50% usage in most games. I wanted the 3300x but it was out of stock. But I've been told it doesn't overstock aswell so I'm still happy with the 3100.

[@silenthero2795]

Here in the Philippines, you can still see this in most mainstream PC stores alongside the 3100 and 3500x at MSRP. I recently just recommended this to a coworker and she didn't have any trouble finding it.

[@theboots39]

It seems strange. There are a dozen of these (11 to be exact) in stock at my closest Microcenter for $150 US. I had no idea it was in demand....

[@RandomGaminginHD]

You should get one ;)

[@noweirdstuffallowed3486]

In my country, 3300X and 3500 basically have the same price due to availablity.

[@starion871]

I tried getting a 3300x and had no luck. Did get lucky with a 3900xt used for 280 6 months ago. A great chip

[@avapire2359]

I love comparing new quad cores to the last ever core i7 quad core that ever came out just for fun

[@paparoni5443]

It is currently available in bulk at microcenter in the us. 75+ are in stock within an hour of my house for $149 discounted to $129 last week...

[@CrackManT]

One thing one should add, 3100 and 3300X are different internally, by the nature of the configuration of active cores per CCX in each bin of an CCD chiplet, the 3300X has an substantial advantage in memory related workloads since it essentially acts like an monolithic die architecture, with all 4 cores using the same cache, all 4 of the cores in the 3300X are IN THE SAME CCX. In the 3100 the cores are spread between BOTH CCXs, so in any workload where one core needs to "talk" a lot to another or make heavy usage of the cache, there is an severe latency penalty. This fact also explains why there are fewer 3300X's than 3100's, it is FAR more likely that at least 1 core will fail in ALL CCX's, the unique situation where all 4 cores inside the CCD are functioning only in one CCX is very rare, even more so as it would be wasteful to disable the functioning cores of the other CCX inside that same CCD chiplet, the 3300X exists only as to make sure this rare occasion where only one side of the CCD works while the other does not, doesn't results in immediate e-waste.

[@enragedbacon470]

Newegg had these in stock about 6-8 weeks ago. I purchased one, was $140 with a promo code. Still a mark up but not near as bad as it was for over a year.

[@GinTubig]

I'm using Ryzen 3 3100x, I was new to PC building and I was shocked when there are missing Driver on my PC. The PCIE Driver was missing and cannot Identify what GPU I inserted(It was GTX 650) but there is a display. I manually downloaded all missing Drivers and updated BIOS and Windows 10 and now it's working great.

[@viztiz316]

I think it's the 3100. 3100x doesn't exist

[@alexandrutereify]

Back in spring 2020 i got a r5 3600X for 190 euros, switched from an i3 4250. Gosh it feels so lucky, to have dodged the silicone shortage.

[@BonusCrook]

3300x has been back in stock at my local micro center at $120... Already had a 3700x since 2019 though so havent actually picked it up Maybe everybody quit pc gaming so its available

[@fisher11145Ahotmail]

Long time lurker, first time poster. I got one on launch, at 159$ cad. Amazing value chip, 3100 came in and out of stock for a while local to me, but havent seen it in a few months. Glad I did, now sits proudly with my water cooled 1080 ti sli set up that i just couldn’t bare to part with.

[@guerillagardener2237]

I have a Ryzen 5 3600 and I am totally happy with it. Great performance for a reasonable price.

[@DennisGr]

i use the i5 10600k @5.0 GHz and i consider it a beast for 1080p gaming still. If FHD gaming is your main focus i don't think you need more.

[@GamingPerks]

3300X user here. and boy do I love it.

[@1myfriendjohn]

I was looking for one of these for a cheap streaming server box I was building, but managed to get a 3350g with an mini-ITX board (A320) for less than £200 in July. Crazy the amount of second hand stuff on the market right now.

[@UltraGameWorld]

I got one on launch day, still going strong today with my GTX 1650 Super, I remember the good days when the 3300x was £120 and the GTX 1650 Super was around £150, sadly those days are far gone now but hopefully things will improve at the budget end soon (maybe one day haha)

[@danielkuricardo]

3100 on a 1650 super. My rig

[@jeffzebert4982]

My advice: buy your GPU's NOW before the prices go EVEN HIGHER!

[@samueladitya1729]

@@jeffzebert4982 I can only hope the crypto to fall.

[@nevecatalani8721]

This chip has been readily available, brand new, in Australia despite the UK,US shortages for ~120-140GBP (220-260AUD) for some reason. Interest here has dropped off since Microsoft has failed to list it again on the latest updated list of approved chips for Windows 11. I think AMD might have asked them to kill it off since it competes with their own latest chips now.

[@alshahoriar.hossain]

Running a 3100....got it for almost the MSRP man it's awesome !

[@RikuHino]

Yup....I was building a computer and this was the one part I couldn't get period. I waited months and gave up. I ended up getting a hp pavilion gaming tower. It was about the same parts as I was gonna build separate for half the price. And I'm pretty happy with it

[@The.Frumious.Bandersnatch]

I have a 3300x they've been relatively east to get in western Canada. I've also build 4 different computers with them for customers. While in the past they have been relatively easy to get they seem much more rare now.

[@semicollin4517]

Recently bought a “used” Ryzen 5 3600XT for $130. It was new in box. Lucky find but there is no way to justify the price tag on this.

[@potato927]

I wish i could buy one at that price

[@reggiexp69]

ryzen 3600 i got it of aliexpress 125€ runs great has oc potenciel better then my mates 3600 that he bought new... that wouldnt hold 4.2ghz oc... and boosted stock to 4.1 ish.

[@mrwang420]

There is a setting in Windows Graphics settings advanced menu that completely sends all the frame timings to the gpu bypassing the cpu entirely. So from there the gpu goes as fast as it can go. I have a 3950x so I tell the cpu to handle the physics instead of the gpu, using nvidia control panel. So this gives the card more resources on itself to perform better.

[@PropaneWP]

I have one of these. It was a great purchase for its (then) very low price. I saw some reviews and thought it looked like great value. Put in an order with a major hardware retailer but quickly realized that was going nowhere as the delivery date kept getting pushed back. So I looked around with smaller retailers and found one that had it in stock. For most games it's excellent. For that last 0.1% of titles like Cyberpunk, it's fine but not optimal. It has a tendency to run hot, which is why I fitted it with a cooler that ironically is somewhere around the price of the CPU. It does come with a perfectly adequate Wraith cooler, though.

[@l67swap1]

That punch at 3:57 tho ... Hat flew off dudes head 🤣🤣

[@typeqtv]

I currently have one in my PC and it is a beast to this day. Got it off eBay for $170. Definitely worth.

[@yingcluk]

I am ordering 1 in US from some unpopular website, and I hope I can really get it. The price is reasonable.

[@monetary687]

built a 3100 and 1650 super machine in october last year, wanted a 3300x but its been like trying to find something invisible in the void

[@donaldcochran5563]

Similar story with the Ryzen 5 1600AF. So glad I jumped when I did and bought one for my son. Spent around 125$. One of the best values I've gotten from a PC part, ever!

[@HCosta21]

They are really common in South America, I recently built a PC for my sister and that thing is a powerhouse.

[@Choralone422]

You are 100% correct on why we didn't see more 3300X CPUs. Due to the supply shortage why would AMD want to sell CPUs like the 3100X or 3300X for less than $150 when they could use those same chips and sell them in CPUs that sell for $200-500+? Once the Zen 2 manufacturing process matured it made perfect sense for AMD to sell as much of the higher priced chips as possible with the $200 3600 being the lowest price "common" Zen 2 CPU. Largely because it could use 2 CCX's with one failed core in each CCX for each 3600. The 3100X was slightly more common than the 3300X since it could use 2 CCX's with 2 failed cores in each CCX but as the process matured 2 bad cores in a CCX happened less and less often. Now AMD has more penetration in the OEM area hence why the under $200 5300G is presently an OEM only chip and the $250+ priced APUs are available at retail. AMD still cannot make CPUs or APUs fast enough to keep up with demand most of the time so primarily selling at $200+ makes good financial sense for them. If we ever get back to a point where the demand for AMD chips is much lower than the supply only then will we see more chips available for retail sale in the under $150 range.

[@lemusz9750]

I remember i wanted to sell my i5 8400 and buy this 3300X even tho it could look like a downgrade but still, that CCX design could shine in CPU intensive titles like CS:GO. Sometimes it performed better fps than the R5 3600. It was like a messenger of the zen3 architecture. Unfortunately it was barely available and highly overpriced, so i skipped the plan.

[@ensiel4738]

I was in the same situation and wish I had waited for 5000 series. Single ccx is still the best and I think the 3300x would be better even outside of games. Even in just general system responsiveness, that single ccx design would make everything feel snappier. I went with an r5 3600 and while it has more cores and threads, I can honestly say it's still not as responsive as even an old 4th gen Intel. Although we're talking milliseconds, once you've used a single ccx chip you can really notice the difference.

[@89__tirtharajpati69]

I made my pc with 3300x back in September 2020..This small CPU is very good for 1080p gaming but at the same time it runs very hot. My only regret is that the 10400f started being sold for the same price as 3300x sometimes later.

[@ZipplyZane]

I planned to get one, but then it came out and was so much over MSRP that the Ryzen 5 3600 was cheaper. That said, I stayed on a mailing list at a place to find when they'd be back in stock at a place that only sells at MSRP. They kept emailing me updates once every 2 weeks, telling me that they'd tell me when it was back in stock. It was over a year before they finally told me it was in stock. And even they sold it for $10 over MSRP.

[@GabrielTobing]

This video was launched on my birthday

[@catsspat]

Oh? I picked up a NEW 3300X about a month ago for 150 USD. Newegg even had a short sale (at $130 I think) after that, but I see they're out again. No complaints even at $150.

[@mynameiscammy2512]

i owned a 3300x from launch and couldnt get a BOX version so had to settle for a tray version from scan for them to be able to fulfill the order so it definetly wasnt a paper launch, i sold everything prior to the gpu/cpu launch at the start of the year in preperation for building a beast (before we knew it was an issue), only got £110 for the 3300x on ebay from someone in sweeden :( should have kept it - because it was an amazing CPU (and i downgraded from a 3950x to it).

[@theonlysoham733]

Its true its out of stock in all major indian retailers too and the 3600 is well nearly 100$ more expensive than the i5 10400 f and non f variant update-its available on some sites for around 200$

[@sesu5543]

When the world needed him the most, he disapeared

[@dieseldemian]

Bought mine in june last year for 120 Euros. It holds up nicely paired with my rx 580.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Great combo :)

[@1pcfred]

I just looked and they're available. Looks like finding one for MSRP is a fantasy though. The whole world has just gone insane. I'm glad my PC works.

[@jeffzebert4982]

The true reason for all these shortages IS NOT the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic! That's just a bullshit cover story told by the mainstream news agencies, in the interest of NOT causing a public panic. The true reason for all these shortages is the Long Emergency, as foretold by James Howard Kunstler! You see, the Long Emergency is caused by global resource depletion. Well, guess what: the COVID-19 cover story will only DELAY the inevitable public panic that WILL happen once people start encountering $20 per gallon gasoline and empty grocery store shelves!

[@whiffa5438]

Hey, when the 3300x isn't available. The 10100f/10105f or 10400f is! Might want to consider those ;)

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah definitely great options. Not sure why the 10105f exists though haha

[@PirateCat822]

The Asus tuf 15 FA706i running in dual channel mode is suprisingly good, 2.90ghz to 4.10 GHz on a budget gaming laptop,pretty impressive NGL

[@likeclockwork64butbetter58]

Yep that's exactly right. Why sell a 3600 or 3700, that will make double or triple the profit, as a disabled $120 processor? This actually happened with the HD6970 and HD6950 GPUs. They did not have enough flawed HD6970s to sell HD6950s so they just software locked the HD6970 to the HD6950 and the HD6950 could be bios swapped into the full GPU. I'm curious if any 3300Xs can be core unlocked like the old Phenom IIs

[@Trick-Framed]

Great video. I want to see a 5300x ...

[@feliciakrisable]

Great video! I wanted one of Ryzen 3300x CPUs last year. But, I just settled for ryzen 3100. Works great with my RX 5500 XT 8GB. Hopefully, I can upgrade to a RGB cooler so i can overclock the CPU more.

[@tomekpaliwoda4945]

Add to yours ryzen 3100 +600Mhz OC and its like ryzen 3300X. Unfortunately suck much more power and produce a lot of more heat.

[@BayHarborGulper]

This feels like a lost CPU creepypasta that came in stock and messed with everyone's PC and then disappeared.

[@elpound4388]

Lost media

[@thepezfeo]

Maybe test the 3300x against a 5300g, using a discrete GPU with both. Similar tests show the 5600g performing closer to a 3600 than a 5600x.

[@reggiexp69]

oh lol for real? 5600g is more like a 3600? you kidding?

[@mr.darknight416]

@@reggiexp69 well yes bc it has a gpu and the clocks are lower too as far as I know.

[@xorkatoss]

Ryzen 3 3300X + GTX1650 Super was the ultimate budget performance to price build! Now we can only dream to build a PC like this 😂😂🤣🤣

[@zx2184]

I have this in 2021 👍👍

[@alpha3836]

I have a R3 3100, bought it like 4 months ago. Im still waiting for the prices to drop, so that i can grab some ram and a gpu.

[@jeffzebert4982]

Prices? Dropping? AH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Rather than waiting in vain for the prices of RAM and GPUs to drop, buy yours NOW before the prices get EVEN HIGHER!

[@alpha3836]

@@jeffzebert4982 sad truth of today :(

[@dizzler82uk]

You can get the 3300x AWD-IT as a motherboard combo, seen a few floating around on marketplace recently