comathematician@alien.topB to FrameworkEnglish · 10 months agoMainboard upgrade time! AMD Ryzen 5 7640U, Batch 5 (arrived today). Old board is moving to its new home, a cosy 0.57 sq ft Cooler Master case.alien.topimagemessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageMainboard upgrade time! AMD Ryzen 5 7640U, Batch 5 (arrived today). Old board is moving to its new home, a cosy 0.57 sq ft Cooler Master case.alien.topcomathematician@alien.topB to FrameworkEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareStatus-Comparison-47@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoI’m still super torn between the R5 & the R7 and have a Batch 7 order for the R5. Can’t make a decision
minus-squareGeraltEnrique@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoImho 7 isn’t worth the price difference. I really wanted the extra cores but I find even running VMs the ryzen 5 was solid. Instead I run a minisforum ryzen 7 4800h for running thread heavy applications. It was cheap
minus-squareWinnie-Putin@alien.topBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoYou can’t change your cpu model after placing your pre-order, i ran into that problem myself.
I’m still super torn between the R5 & the R7 and have a Batch 7 order for the R5.
Can’t make a decision
What will be the usage?
Imho 7 isn’t worth the price difference. I really wanted the extra cores but I find even running VMs the ryzen 5 was solid. Instead I run a minisforum ryzen 7 4800h for running thread heavy applications. It was cheap
You can’t change your cpu model after placing your pre-order, i ran into that problem myself.