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was a $120 "budget" CPU that arrived with a secret. While its sibling, the 3100, was built with its cores split apart, the

For years, PC builders searched for the "Golden Chip." Finding a 3300x.txt

had all four of its cores packed tightly into a single "Compute Complex" (CCX). This "4+0" configuration meant the cores didn't have to talk across long distances; they sat in the same room, sharing the same 16MB of L3 cache. was a $120 "budget" CPU that arrived with a secret

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Others joked that AMD realized they had made the budget chip too fast, and it was hurting sales of their more expensive processors.

Read about the "4+0" core layout that gave it its speed on Medium . MSI AMD Ryzen 3 3300X gaming rig build review

Check out PCMag's original review to see why it earned an Editor's Choice award.