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AMD Ryzen – 6 cores for the price of 8. Some got really lucky

#1

Post by msrivas » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 9:04 AM UTC

#2

Post by msrivas » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 9:04 AM UTC

I never get that lucky! I am glad though AMD is back in the processor market

#3

Post by JamesMcMinn » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 9:45 AM UTC

Title should probably ready: 8 cores for the price of 6.

#4

Post by msrivas » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 12:29 PM UTC

JamesMcMinn wrote: post #3

Title should probably ready: 8 cores for the price of 6.

Yes, it should be! I blame it to sleep deprivation! There is no way to change it is there ?

#5

Post by qbrass » Thu, Oct 05, 2017, 1:58 PM UTC

msrivas wrote: post #2

I never get that lucky! I am glad though AMD is back in the processor market

I had it backfire on me when I gambled with my Phenom 550.

The motherboard would randomly unlock the 2 bad cores even though they were actual bad cores and not deactivated good ones.