AMD Ryzen 9000
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Pros
- Why not go for a Ryzen 7000 or 9000 series. AM4 is a dead platform.
- i would avoid ryzen 8000 series, 7000 or 9000 are fine.
- You do need a new mobo, DDR5 or the latest Ryzen 7000 and 9000 CPUs are not compatible with your current board
Cons
- There were some issues with voltage management in early BIOS versions supporting Ryzen 9000… bricked quite a few CPUs, but they were fast before they blew! Those issues have been resolved.
- Ryzen 9000 was fried on AsRock and now Asus boards for mostly PBO reasons.
- Looking at the totals for AMD’s Ryzen™ 9000 and Intel’s Core™ Ultra 200 Series, the failure rates are almost identical: 2.52% for Ryzen and 2.49% for Core Ultra. That is too close to say there is a statistically significant difference, s...
Sentiment
3 positive (50%) · 1 mixed (17%) · 2 negative (33%)
Trust + time weighted score: +20% · raw score 17%
What redditors said (6 of 6)
Why not go for a Ryzen 7000 or 9000 series. AM4 is a dead platform.
There were some issues with voltage management in early BIOS versions supporting Ryzen 9000… bricked quite a few CPUs, but they were fast before they blew! Those issues have been resolved.
i would avoid ryzen 8000 series, 7000 or 9000 are fine.
Ryzen 9000 was fried on AsRock and now Asus boards for mostly PBO reasons.
You do need a new mobo, DDR5 or the latest Ryzen 7000 and 9000 CPUs are not compatible with your current board
Looking at the totals for AMD’s Ryzen™ 9000 and Intel’s Core™ Ultra 200 Series, the failure rates are almost identical: 2.52% for Ryzen and 2.49% for Core Ultra. That is too close to say there is a statistically significant difference, so we can’t crown either product line 5as a whole.
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