AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and Ryzen 3 1300X Processor Review

[Apoptosis]

AMD is continuing its quest to clay back market share from Intel today with the release of Ryzen 3 processors. AMD is only releasing two Ryzen 3 processors today, the Ryzen 3 1200 and the Ryzen 3 1300X. Both of these are quad-core processors that have just four threads. It would be nice if they had Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) technology like the Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 processors, but these are low cost offerings that are competing with Intel Core i3 dual-core processors...



Article Title: AMD Ryzen 3 1200 and Ryzen 3 1300X Processor Review
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[KnightRid]

Best thing about Ryzen so far, for me, has been the motherboard prices. I keep looking to upgrade my i7-3770K and noticed a pretty big price difference in the MB rather than the CPU.

Do you know the reason why Nate? Anyone?

[Apoptosis]

You mean between AM4 boards or between AMD and Intel?

[KnightRid]

You mean between AM4 boards or between AMD and Intel?

AM4. Just seems you can get a whole lot of MB for a lower price compared to the releases for Intel chips. Maybe I am looking wrong but that is what I have noticed. More features or more advanced of the same features for the same or lower pricing to a comparable Intel chipset. Compared to Intel boards I think every board made is cheaper lol

We aren't talking hundreds of dollars LOL but with the cpu and motherboard being cheaper, you can get more/better components within your budget. Mine is $14.23 so I am still just looking

[Apoptosis]

hum, I think it's pretty fair.

I know Intel B250 motherboards are around $65-$70. Take the Gigabyte GA-B250M-DS3H for example at $70.

The lowest priced AMD AM4 board from Gigabyte is the GA-AB350M-HD3 at $80.

Both use the same Realtek ALC887 audio codec, Realtek GbE LAN chip, have six SATA III ports, one M.2 connector, both are dual-BIOS. The broad features look close to the same on many of the boards and in this one example the AMD board is more.

[KnightRid]

Maybe I should look closer LOL I was comparing the boards around the $120-$150 mark. I will look closer!!!!!

[Apoptosis]

Maybe I should look closer LOL I was comparing the boards around the $120-$150 mark. I will look closer!!!!!

I think it really depends on features... I know when you get to the high-end boards like AMD X399 the big cost difference is 802.11ad versus 802.11ac and the wired NIC on many of the boards.