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How did AMD Ryzen get 50% faster in two years?

487 points · 206 comments · ibobev

  1. jacquesm · · focus · HN ↗
    I Picked a threadripper for a box that needed a lot of IO and figured that with that many PCI lanes I couldn't go wrong. But I have to admit I've been more than pleasantly surprised by the performance of the CPU as well, it - easily - outperforms all of the XEON and I7 based boxes that I have. The only thing I wished I would have done different is to max it out with 256G DIMMs when they weren't the price of a car.
    1. jamesforestwest · · focus · HN ↗
      Threadripper is underrated for IO-heavy boxes. I made the same mistake with RAM prices, though; should have maxed it out when it was cheap
      1. eptcyka · · focus · HN ↗
        Ye, that's like saying one should've bought Amazon, Apple and Google stock when it was low.
        1. ezconnect · · focus · HN ↗
          In the computer world, wait a few years and things get cheaper. That was broken by an exceptional event. Who would have thought you can't afford DDR4 in 2026?
          1. trvz · · focus · HN ↗
            The upcoming shortage was public knowledge before the prices rose.
            1. bluGill · · focus · HN ↗
              Just like an investment though - you need to have the money to play. I wasn't buying a computer at the time because [snip a long list of other toys I bought instead].

              My current plan is to stick with my existing computers for a couple more years and hope this blows over. Time will tell.

          2. acomjean · · focus · HN ↗
            We seem to be going back to the days when desktop PCs had a little lock hole.

            They (in theory) could padlock them so the drives and ram couldn't be stolen?

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;francisuniverse.wordpress.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;10&#x2F;07&#x2F;the-turbo-button-and-the-key-lock-on-old-computers&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;francisuniverse.wordpress.com&#x2F;2017&#x2F;10&#x2F;07&#x2F;the-turbo-b...

            1. jacquesm · · focus · HN ↗
              I&#x27;m aiming for my machines to be too heavy and hard to open ;)

              I put 256G in it wondering if I would ever need that much RAM and now it looks way too small. Highly frustrating. I wonder if the companies that made these deals realize that they&#x27;ve just given an entire industry a reason to look for alternatives. It&#x27;s not like they wouldn&#x27;t have sold their product otherwise.

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