No, I don't have a specific CPU brand.
No, I don't have a specific CPU brand.
Via isn't available as a choice. Most have one that works well for strong encryption and timing (better than Haswell). Regardless, about half of my PCs are built with AMD.
Uhuh, what if you don’t have one? The only unit that looked like a real mainboard is the one you built with decent specs already sold off because I didn’t need a cheap sample board. Now it’s just my testbench, and guess what—hardware keeps changing a lot. I haven’t really used AMD seriously since my 970e3 socket was damaged (really annoying getting a replacement cover for these weak Foxconn designs). That’s been over a year, and now I’m stuck with only working F2 boards. I don’t spend time tuning or benchmarking because overclocking is so frustrating. So far, I’ve only tested Intel, mostly. Now there’s the problem of two AM4 boards in their cases, unopened for more than a month. I haven’t bought a 5500, 4100, or 4500 yet, but somehow managed to buy two of those and one with an untested but possibly working 3000G board. Honestly, it could be both Intel and AMD, but not Qualcomm unless I salvage a phone with a broken screen and turn it into a desktop.
AMD desktops (9950x+5950x) run MBP with an M3 Max, while Intel is used on a personal laptop.
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A few mediocre machines come to mind—Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, Intel i7-950, Intel 6600k, Intel 9900k, AMD 7700x, and AMD 9800X3D. That’s my CPU history.