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The Ryzen 3 2300X is a four-core, eight-thread desktop CPU for the AM4 socket with a 3.5 GHz base clock and a 4.0 GHz boost. It is a budget quad-core built for 1080p gaming and everyday work, and it needs a graphics card because it has no integrated graphics. Against the Ryzen 3 2200G it trades the built-in graphics for higher clocks and more threads, and against the Ryzen 5 2600 it gives up two cores and six threads. It is a reasonable pick only when it is clearly cheaper than those two, since it sits on the same AM4 platform and drops into the same boards.
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Lowest price we've seen: $87.32 on Nov 10 at Newegg. Tracked across 1 store since Nov 10.
Owners and reviewers treat the 2300X as a competent budget quad-core that is easy to cool and fine for 1080p gaming with a mid-range card. Most criticism is about its place in the lineup: it is close in value to the six-core Ryzen 5 2600 and lacks the integrated graphics of the 2200G.
