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    THE BUILDS

    Oct 12, 2021 4 minutes

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    BUDGET

    AFTER SOME DICEY CPU STOCK SITUATIONS last month, we’re pleased to report that our budget builds have returned to a (somewhat) more normal state. The Ryzen 3 3100 we promised last time is here, available for a reasonable $200. The 3100 brings us a tidy 8-thread processing solution, offering significantly boosted performance over the Ryzen 3 1200 we had to settle for last month. That thirdgen Ryzen chip means we have access to PCIe 4.0 once again, so we splashed out and upgraded our mobo for a further 20 bucks.

    This MSI B550M Pro motherboard guarantees speedy transfers in the budget AMD machine; so naturally, we need a new M.2 SSD to run those speedy transfers. We opted for XPG’s Gammix S50

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