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Re:AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review by old-gregg on Thursday July 27, 2017 @12:19PM (#14866701)
"Total dog" for being 7-13% slower-per-thread but offering twice as many cores? This is ridiculous. I am typing this on a i5 Mac with 2C/4T and the difference in using common office applications (browser, Excel, etc) vs 4C/8T i7 is _insane_. Just using newegg.com is borderline impossible with just a few tabs open unless you have 4 non-SMT threads.

Desktop computing is actually pretty good at utilizing many cores these days: the booting process, starting non-trivial applications, using full-disk encryption, running multiple tabs in a browser (or just having a browser open with a few tabs + something else), in all of these conditions 4c/4t CPU will provide tangible, perceivable difference. 2c/4t CPUs are obsolete and I wouldn't recommend one even for an entry-level computer.

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Re:AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review by joezydeco on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:53PM (#14868263)
Just using newegg.com is borderline impossible with just a few tabs open unless you have 4 non-SMT threads.

Can we take a moment...stop...and all re-read this again, and weep for where we've landed with all of this technology?

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Re:AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review by wokky on Thursday July 27, 2017 @04:45PM (#14869298)
Just using newegg.com is borderline impossible with just a few tabs open unless you have 4 non-SMT threads.

I have four Newegg tabs, one Amazon tab, one Verge tab, and one Engadget tab open in Firefox. CPU utilization is 3% on this ancient i3 laptop.

Maybe your experience isn't typical. That's all I'm suggesting.

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Re:AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review by Synaesthesia on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:12PM (#14868419)
Does the iMac have an SSD? Because that makes a huge difference in UI responsiveness even in web browsing, much more than the CPU at that level anyway.
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Re:AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review by metalliqaz on Thursday July 27, 2017 @02:22PM (#14868010)
My experience has been the opposite. For running a browser, I'll take a faster dual core over a slower quad core. Simultaneous tabs are of little use to me if I can't scroll smoothly through Amazon.com.
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Re:AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review by rosser on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:00PM (#14868313)
It not being the ideal choice for your specific use-case does not in any way make it a "total dog".

Just unsuited for you.

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Re:AMD Ryzen 3 1300X and Ryzen 3 1200 CPU Review by metalliqaz on Thursday July 27, 2017 @03:59PM (#14868883)
I suggest you actually read the article and take a look at the ST performance/price graph that I was referencing. The 1200 is an outlier.
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