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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by chrisper on Monday January 29, 2018 @09:26AM (#16257637)
Depends on what you are building it for.
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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by mosselman on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:15AM (#16263710)
I have my macbook for work and programming, my PC has windows on it (much to my dislike) and I use it for occasional gaming. I will probably not get new parts anytime soon though as performance is currently fine. Just wondering for when someone asks me to build them a PC.
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Re:Microsoft disables Spectre mitigations as Intel’s patches... by chrisper on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:51AM (#16263849)
Well, I built my PC with gaming in mind and chose the i7 8700k. But I got it a week before the spectre/meltdown spectacle. I decided to keep it because of its superior singlecore performance.
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