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      Ones that are built into the CPU’s hardware but you have to pay extra to unlock like a DLC for your CPU. That’s not a joke, Intel’s new Xeons are like that.

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        Yeah its crazy. And according to Wendell at Level1Techs its actually a huge benefit but yeah, especially at a datacenter scale I can’t see anyone buying chips with dlc. Especially with Epyc currently spanking everyone’s butt right now.

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    I bought an expensive custom built PC with a threadripper CPU on it and they changed socket type for the next generation. And then they didn’t release any, anymore. Just sucks to invest.

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      I bought Nvidia for the AI packages that support their GPUs, but I’m not happy about it. I would have much preferred to go with AMD.

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    Why are you an AMD fan? It’s been years (probably decades) since they’ve been the struggling underdog.

    Just buy what fits your budget and needs.

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      Not sure in which reality you live in but new Ryzen series is seriously better than anything Intel can throw at it. Plus no security issues and more value for your money.

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        Did I write that AMD is bad? It’s just stupid to be a mindless fan. You are giving very rational arguments for using AMD hardware. My desktop PC is currently running an AMD CPU and GPU. The one before that was running Intel with nVidia GPU. And the one before that was AMD with nVidia.

        Just don’t go “hurr, durr, only AMD!”