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System Name | Black MC in Tokyo |
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Processor | Ryzen 5 5600 |
Motherboard | Asrock B450M-HDV |
Cooling | Be Quiet! Pure Rock 2 |
Memory | 2 x 16GB Kingston Fury 3400mhz |
Video Card(s) | XFX 6950XT Speedster MERC 319 |
Storage | Kingston A400 240GB | WD Black SN750 2TB |WD Blue 1TB x 2 | Toshiba P300 2TB | Seagate Expansion 8TB |
Display(s) | Samsung U32J590U 4K + BenQ GL2450HT 1080p |
Case | Fractal Design Define R4 |
Audio Device(s) | Line6 UX1 + some headphones, Nektar SE61 keyboard |
Power Supply | Corsair RM850x v3 |
Mouse | Logitech G602 |
Keyboard | Cherry MX Board 1.0 TKL Brown |
VR HMD | Acer Mixed Reality Headset |
Software | Windows 10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | Rimworld 4K ready! |
OMG what a f* disaster. :shadedshu I've just seen a block diagram and explanation for the Bulldozer architecture: it's not an 8-core chip at all. The two 'cores' are siamesed into one building block and share lots of resources and lose lots of performance. This thing is actually merely a quad core processor with a souped-up version of HyperThreading or whatever the AMD equivalent is.
Here's the block diagram taken from Hexus' review:
http://img.techpowerup.org/111013/BDS.jpg
See what I mean? The only thing it seems to be good at is overclocking and that only brings it within reach of Intel's top parts at stock, it doesn't even beat them, all the while using a huge amount of power and requiring expensive cooling. This chip is a lemon like Vista was for Microsoft, or perhaps even worse.
I'll soon be upgrading my aging E8500 to an i5-2500K. No point in waiting any more.
8 integer cores = HT? I'm not that knowledgeble about this, but that is a simplification.