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Great value processor for an overall system upgrade

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018

I really like this processor having moved from an Intel i3 2120 that served me very well through the years.

I noticed a big improvement in performance across the board. This processor runs nice and cool with the stock cooler. I really try for silent rigs and did not have great results with the previous generations of AMD processors due to their heat issues and sketchy coolers. They have really hit a home run with this line in my opinion. It runs cool, silent (with stock cooler), and handles my casual gaming and some test virtual machines with ease.

I have this paired with:

- ASRock AB350 Gaming 4K board (overkill, but was on sale)
- EVGA GeForce GTX 1050Ti SC graphics card (wow, these are expensive nowadays, bought a used one at a fraction of the current price)
- 16GB of Gskill Flare X 2400 RAM

Only small issue is that I have not been successful in overclocking the CPU (RAM overclocked with no issues). I got lazy and did not troubleshoot much because the stock speed is fine by me. Rather have it run cool and silent.

[Edit: I have been running this new processor for 4 months as of the date of this review]

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Kelly Brownson

Pain to get running but once up it's ok, read about precautions below

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018

I didn't know whether to give this product a 3 or 4 star review. It's a decent processor and the heat sink that came with it is better than I expected for an AMD product but Ryzen makes it a pain to build a computer. So for how much of a pain it was to put together it gets a 3

Firstly, make sure you have the ability to turn USB 3.0 off or make sure the bios has legacy support. If you have a complicated BIOS then I couldn't find any combinations of options with the USB in order to get a keyboard to work to install Windows 7. Personally I just recommend you have a PS/2 keyboard on hand. I did a lot of research trying to figure out how to install Windows 7 on this machine and it's a very very common problem. If you need a cheap keyboard I recommend Cherry G84-5500LPMEU-2 G84-5500 and make sure your MB has a PS/2 connection.

Secondly, Ryzen is not supported with Windows 7 anymore which means you wont' get security updates past a certain date. Which is frustrating. Apparently Windows decided to not support Ryzen and a few of the intel chipsets so careful no matter what processor you get to make sure that if you are installing Windows 7 that it is supported.

Thirdly, make sure your ram is approved with AMD. AMD is picky with what ram they take. Some may not work very well. And don't get 2666 ram. All the motherboards I found said they supported 2667(OC) which I figured then maybe they support 2666 but that's not the case. I had to under clock my ram at 2400 by using a 2400 ram then telling my BIOS to run the 2666 ram as 2400.

My boyfriend loves AMD but personally I will never do another build with them. Once working the computer works great but getting it set up was the biggest pain I have ever been through with a computer build

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Great value processor for an overall system upgrade

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2018

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LinuxGuy

AMD Ryzen - excellent price/performance

Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2017

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I am a retired IT professional. I recently had the need to replace my desktop unit (age) with a newer system. I have used AMD for all of my builds and have been very pleased with price/performance. I am not a gamer and use my desktop for home office and part time consulting work. I have been very pleased with the performance of the 1300X. I am running Debian Linux (64 bit version) and this processor is giving me excellent performance. I have used it for about 2 weeks now and have had zero issues with it. The fan that comes with the processor is really quiet. You can't tell the unit is on when you walk into the room by sound. It is really quiet. Again I am an AMD fan for many years. I would recommend this processor to others. Build included Kingston HyperX Fury memory, Kingston SSD, ASUS B350 Plus Prime MD.

Also for those who are not aware, the current Ryzen processor lineup do not have GPS support - you will need a separate Graphics card. I am using an ASUS GPS. Not an issue in my build but thought it may be useful information to other in planning a build.

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Alicia

Great processor and stock cooler

Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2018

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Amazing piece of hardware at a really amazing price. If you are debating between this and the 1200, get this. It's only a few bucks more, and you get a large boost in speed. The stock cooler looks pretty good, and so far has been able to keep it below 40 C. You will not need a liquid cooler with this processor

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DANIEL

Good Product weird price

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2018

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Very good CPU good overclocker and it's a good product I just think that it doesn't really justify costing more than the r3 1200 because it reaches 4GHz while the 1200 can reach 3.9GHz on the same architecture with about the same specs not just that but the r3 2200G cost less and reaches same clocks with less latency so be informed when you buy don't get me wrong its way better than buying intel it's just it doesn't make sense I bought it on Cyber Monday for 99 USD so it was Worth it then

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Ryan

temps are fine for my toasty room tho any attempts at overclocking ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2017

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Sitting at 3.7ghz steady, which is what I expected considering thats the upper boost clock, temps are fine for my toasty room tho any attempts at overclocking I would really want a better heatsink.

Gigabyte b350 gaming 3 with the F6 bios recognized it right away with no issues, performance seems good for the price, its snappier than the i3 4170 its replacing and games are running smoother, I cant say frame rates are much higher but its more consistent with less drops and stuttering. Farcry 4 and The Division seem to be running at a much more solid 60 fps now with 4 physical cores instead of 60 with drops down into the 30s and 40s randomly with the 2 core 4 thread of the i3.

My personal opinion is that while a dual core hyper threaded chip will work, the days of buying them with confidence are over, intel needs to drop the dual cores and move up to 4 core minimum if they want to compete with little beasts like this 1300x.

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Tom L.

Rockin' little gaming processor

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2020

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Had it about 2 1/2 years and from what I can tell has performed very well, alongside a Radeon RX 580 4GB. I game in 1080p and usually settle for mid/high graphics depending on the game (medium for online usually). But I've appreciated the performance in heavy web browsing, web design, and basic photo/video processing.

I have a hunch that these things require a bit more power (or uninterrupted power) than Windows 10 likes to give it. Had issues with system stuttering for 2 weeks after my first install (everything, including Windows UI, would freeze for about 30 seconds at a time, every 30 min, like clockwork). Drove me absolutely nuts and ruined my online gaming. Tested all hardware, upgraded drivers, etc... Finally tried turning power settings in Windows from "balanced" to "high performance" and never had the issue ever again.

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Gabriel E.

Great entry for the Ryzen 1

Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2018

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Great entry for the Ryzen 1.0 Am4 platform if you are looking to get into. I bought the top tier motherboard with the x370 chipset for a great foundation to upgrade on.

Pros:
Price
4cores 4threads
X- has a bin for XFR 1.0
Great stock cooler (was running 4.0 out of the box)
I think it supports virtualization and SMT
Ryzen 2.0 released, pricing should go down
Am4,socket plan and competition in the market

Cons:
Ryzen XFR 1.0 limit to 4.0 in most cases (haven’t tried higher will get AIO)
It’s 4C/4T to get multithreading you have to get 1500x
Ryzen 2.0 is released
I’m addicted to computers now along with games, cars and tinkering 😔

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Kenneth

Unexpectedly good bang for the buck

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2017

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This chip is a huge upgrade coming from an overclocked 8150. You can feel the difference in snappiness in day to day use. Combined with an NVMe m.2 SSD and a B350M board, most applications open instantly and some games load levels faster than you can read their loading screen tips. I'm seeing much higher frame rates gaming at 1920x1080 in some recent titles using the same GPU (OC'd RX480). It does all of this while running quite cool and quiet with the solid stock cooler. The fact that AMD is keeping AM4 until 2020 is promising in case I ever do manage to outgrow this thing.

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Kelly Brownson

Pain to get running but once up it's ok, read about precautions below

Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018

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J. G. Smerda

Diddly d'oh

Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2017

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First, I will begin by saying that this is only the second AMD chip I have every owned in my life, so I'm no AMD expert by any stretch. I can only compare the performance of this chip to that of the Intel chipsets I have owned the last 21 years. I don't like Intel due to their high priced and never-ending obsolescence. I don't like Intel because they literally cannibalized their own market to sell higher-priced chips while their more affordable chips were still unsold. I dislike the planned obsolescence Intel builds into their chipsets, with so many socket options currently available and on the market.

That being said, this chip's performance is so lackluster, I will return it for a refund. I have owned low-power Intel chips for the last six years and I fancy a chip to run 15-25 watts at idle, and no more than 50 watts at load, seeing that most people really don't need to load chips in the red - they just think they do. Max TDP of 65 watts sounded appealing, so I went for it, in part thinking that I'm purchasing more computing power for the money. Boy, was I wrong!

Everyday tasks such as downloading P2P or surfing the net are taking longer, seemingly as the CPU stutters to thread a task. Not good!

Gaming in windowed mode at low definition brings this chip to a simmer with the included Wraith fan. Don't get me wrong, I think the fan is fabulous, it is silent - just the way I like it. It does a good job of cooling the chip, but not if you're gaming. During a Day of Defeat:Source game, the CPU monitor shows me the chip's cores are about 75% saturation, running almost in the red. Not good!

Multi-tasking, which should be a breeze for a 4C/8T chip, isn't a breeze at all. It's more like navigating with the wind ahead of you. Not good!

Overall, I'd say the performance of this chip is about 40% that of my i7 3770t chip which is about six or seven years old at this point in time. Not good!

The performance is significantly lower than my i5 6400t chip which is also a couple of years old and woefully underpowered. Not good!

I have not tried to OC this chip - there is no reason to burn your chip out overvolting it, or at least this is not the right chip for OC performance gains. If you're in the market for a budget build, you may be better off with the previous AMD generation of chips (I heard good things about the 6300 from a friend), or simply go Intel, although Intel is awful for all their price gouging. Performance of this chip is subpar, IMHO, period.

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