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General discussion

AMD vs Intel Processors

Jul 24, 2017 8:49PM PDT

I was wondering what the main differences are it seems like AMD is a lot cheaper then intl Processors. However most manufacturers use intel processors. Any thoughs on this?

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The Intel versus AMD is well done. Let's read what they say
Jul 24, 2017 9:21PM PDT

At this link. Read about the Ryzen at https://www.reddit.com/r/PCMasterRace/wiki/builds

What do you think about that stance?

I think AMD is fine but folk must put up with BIOS and other updates. And that's the rub, we are now decades into the PC era and I feel folk should not have to deal with this.

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PS. Hang in there (pun intended.)
Jul 25, 2017 9:52AM PDT

"Known issues
The UEFI shipped with Ryzen compatible motherboards leads to hard system locks when an application executes certain sequences of FMA3 instructions.[49] AMD stated in mid March 2017 that the issue would be fixed via an update from motherboard manufacturers."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryzen

I maintain that users today may not understand this is new gear and as such may stall or lockup.

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Cpu
Jul 25, 2017 9:41AM PDT

With past gens intel had the better perf but amd had a lower price and they used more power.

With the new ryzen series the playing field has become balanced but the ryzen has growing pains.

Once the ryzen matures a little you'll see more in the prebuilt systems.

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Depends on what you want to use computer for
Jul 27, 2017 9:20AM PDT

If you want to "game" on it, then use Intel i7 or at least i5. If you want for running Netflix, Youtube, email, browsing, then no sense spending more for Intel, get an AMD system. I have an older Phenom X4, but am using Linux with AMD Sempron 145 for almost all internet related things. I prefer it to the more powerful Phenom because I can leave it on suspend all the time and "instant on" when I want it, and it's max power is only 45W and idles in suspend at less than 10W, so saves on electric too. Get the least expensive computer that gives you what you want, but be sure that's all you expect of it.