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Intel's BIOS updates for crashing CPUs are now rolling out

• lloydatkinson 2y ago
  Crashing is certainly one word to describe literal internal disintegration. This entire episode has, after a lot of time spent reading and researching, made me decide to go with AMD for my next PC build. I last built my PC in 2015/2016 so I tend to want things to last.
  • doubled112 2y ago
    AMD has usually been pretty good longevity wise. Just look at the number of CPU sockets Intel has switched through vs them. Makes it possible to upgrade in a few years without total replacement.
  • ls612 2y ago
    Zen 5 is looking really good, you can either get Zen 4 performance for 65/90W or get 20% faster performance for the same power as Zen 4 with PBO.
  • ciwolsey 2y ago
    I'm probably switching to Amd too in a month. I haven't upgraded since 2016 either. I was planning to go from 6700k to 14700k. Now I'm considering a 9950X if the pricing and performance are good. Think they're due in a couple of weeks. I'll be staying with nvidia though. Just hope pairing NVIDIA with Amd cpus won't cause issues.