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had all four of its cores packed tightly into a single "Compute Complex" (CCX). This "4+0" configuration meant the cores didn't have to talk across long distances; they sat in the same room, sharing the same 16MB of L3 cache.

Here is a story that captures its unique history, told from the perspective of a rare, surviving file found on an old hard drive. The Ghost in the Socket 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 all four of its cores packed tightly

For years, PC builders searched for the "Golden Chip." Finding a The Ghost in the Socket Read about the

Others joked that AMD realized they had made the budget chip too fast, and it was hurting sales of their more expensive processors.

See how it fared against its Intel rivals at the time in this Gizmodo breakdown .