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APUs have their own small niche in the DIY market! From what I understand, some people build their own computer without a dGPU first, then later purchase a GPU
by luyu_wu 2y ago
APUs have their own small niche in the DIY market!
From what I understand, some people build their own computer without a dGPU first, then later purchase a GPU and prefer to be able to change the CPU at that point as well?
Hopefully this rationale is what you're asking for!
- setgree 2y agoIn theory this makes sense, but reviews all suggested that the price proposition for the APUs didn't really work and now AMD has released a laptop part that fills the same niche. DIY folks won't be able to get their hands on the laptop part right away but presumably soon? It just seems kind of odd to release something that outperforms your own product in the same segment.
- burmanm 2y agoThe 8600G/8700G are installed to normal AM5 socket and can be swapped. The laptop parts are socketed and are not going to be available in the AM5 market.
- setgree 2y agoThis isn't my niche but this makes sense at face value. I couldn't find any sales data for either processor but maybe the DIY market is bigger than I know.