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I'm on a 1700 and I completely agree that it's fantastic. Around the time I bought it, Unreal Engine was released for Linux, so naturally I built that for Linux

I'm on a 1700 and I completely agree that it's fantastic. Around the time I bought it, Unreal Engine was released for Linux, so naturally I built that for Linux and the cores made it to a lot quicker. Over the last 6 months or so, I've had lockup issues, and I thought I'd have to buy a new chip or RMA it, but it seems to have been fixed in a recent kernel as I haven't seen the problem in the last few months. I'm looking around for decent AMD laptops and they're definitely making their way to the market. Lenovo's A and E series laptops look pretty good (though I've heard of throttling on the A series), and I'm waiting for more reviews on the new T series line. I need a laptop soon, but I may be able to wait until Zen 2 chips are available, depending on launch date. AMD is making a strong comeback, and I'm excited to see what they release over the next few years and that Intel's response will be.

nvahalik 7y ago
I’ve used a laptop as a desktop for years but honestly I think having my laptop as a primary machine gave me /too much/ freedom. Having a desktop makes me finish what I’m doing or makes me otherwise check out. I still take a laptop when I travel but now I’m just SSHing into my machine...
usr1106 7y ago
There are many reports about problems with 1700s running Linux * https://github.com/suaefar/ryzen-test https://github.com/suaefar/ryzen-test * https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/79z43a/ryzen_1700_rma_replacement_cpu_fails_ryzen_test/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/79z43a/ryzen_1700_rma_... * https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-Segv-Response https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-Se... * https://www.extremetech.com/computing/254750-amd-replaces-ryzen-cpus-users-affected-rare-linux-bug https://www.extremetech.com/computing/254750-amd-replaces-ry... * https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/apw8im/ryzen_freezes_in_linux_even_if_linux_is_in_vm/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/apw8im/ryzen_freezes_i... Mine (bought a bit more than a year ago) got one random SEGV in maybe 5,000,000 processes when all threads are busy. That's a lot if you are doing full Yocto builds starting 3,000,000 processes each. And maybe one lock-up per month even without heavy load. Not sure whether there is only 1 problem or several of them. A year of kernel updates and one AGESA update promising to fix random freeze has never made any change. I returned my CPU for replacement this week, not sure whether I'll get a new one.

nvahalik 7y ago

I’ve used a laptop as a desktop for years but honestly I think having my laptop as a primary machine gave me /too much/ freedom. Having a desktop makes me finish what I’m doing or makes me otherwise check out. I still take a laptop when I travel but now I’m just SSHing into my machine...

usr1106 7y ago

There are many reports about problems with 1700s running Linux * https://github.com/suaefar/ryzen-test https://github.com/suaefar/ryzen-test * https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/79z43a/ryzen_1700_rma_replacement_cpu_fails_ryzen_test/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/79z43a/ryzen_1700_rma_... * https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-Segv-Response https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ryzen-Se... * https://www.extremetech.com/computing/254750-amd-replaces-ryzen-cpus-users-affected-rare-linux-bug https://www.extremetech.com/computing/254750-amd-replaces-ry... * https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/apw8im/ryzen_freezes_in_linux_even_if_linux_is_in_vm/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/apw8im/ryzen_freezes_i... Mine (bought a bit more than a year ago) got one random SEGV in maybe 5,000,000 processes when all threads are busy. That's a lot if you are doing full Yocto builds starting 3,000,000 processes each. And maybe one lock-up per month even without heavy load. Not sure whether there is only 1 problem or several of them. A year of kernel updates and one AGESA update promising to fix random freeze has never made any change. I returned my CPU for replacement this week, not sure whether I'll get a new one.