AMD Ryzen 3 3100 Processor (4C/8T, 18 MB Cache, 3.9 GHz Max Boost)

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You may freely adjust the unlocked multiplier on Ryzen 3 3100, which simplifies overclocking greatly, as you can easily dial in any overclocking frequency. The display of third-party trademarks and trade names on this site does not necessarily indicate any affiliation or the endorsement of PCMag. I'm a lifetime New Yorker, a graduate of New York University's journalism program, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Still, adding Hyper-Threading to a parallel Core i3 in the 10th Gen could be difference maker on this test for Intel.

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While I want to say the action strikes me best for single hand Spey, I've admittedly never done much of such casting with it, nor have I ever put a Spey-specific line or shooting head on it. One of the most widely used predictors of a CPU's relative performance is the Cinebench R15 benchmark, which offers a good overview of performance on many different types of demanding apps. Programs using Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) can run on this processor, boosting performance for calculation-heavy applications. Hardware virtualization is available on the Ryzen 3 3100, which greatly improves virtual machine performance. Combined with a powerful lower end, the ESN is able to effectively lift fish out of deep lies and heavy water without sacrificing tippet protection.Straight off the bench, the Ryzen 3 3100 proves itself to be a superior content-creation engine, on the basis of its eight-thread support, to the 9th Generation Intel Core i3. For communication with other components in the computer, Ryzen 3 3100 uses a PCI-Express Gen 4 connection. If you're looking for a more moderate-flex rod that'll live primarily as a float tube rig plus light indicator fishing too, while still being an effective tight line tool, it may be the ticket.

Built on a Konnetic HD material platform, the carbon-dense design and soft tip allows for the utmost in sensitivity while tight-line nymphing, offering the angler the ability to detect even the most subtle of subsurface takes. Otherwise, if you can spare just a bit of extra geld on your budget build, we highly recommend sticking with the Editors' Choice Ryzen 3 3300X instead. That's a guaranteed performance boost that won't violate your warranty or potentially make your system unstable. Note that it doesn't use the ray tracing features of Nvidia's RTX-class GPUs; this is purely CPU grunt at play here. I was gonna offer to let you check it out if you happened to find yourself in my neck of the woods, but I think I count as too far "across the country" too.

Max boost will vary based on several factors, including, but not limited to: thermal paste; system cooling; motherboard design and BIOS; the latest AMD chipset driver; and the latest OS updates. Our most versatile ESN, the 3100-4 is a perfect all around tool for both long and short line techniques.