had one perfect side and one broken side, AMD would disable the broken half and sell it as a
, a processor that became a "legend" in the PC hardware world shortly after its 2020 release. It was famous for being "the little chip that could"—extraordinarily fast for its price but nearly impossible to find in stock. 3300x.txt
Read about the "4+0" core layout that gave it its speed on Medium . MSI AMD Ryzen 3 3300X gaming rig build review had one perfect side and one broken side,
See how it fared against its Intel rivals at the time in this Gizmodo breakdown . 3300x.txt