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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by dragontamer on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:14PM (#23082326)
1st gen Ryzen had a poor memory controller that was very finicky with memory. I had to swap out RAM a few times to get my 1st Gen Ryzen stable, but it's been rock solid since then. CPU / Motherboard compatibility with RAM is hard.

IIRC, there was a brief 2nd gen Ryzen glitch for crashing, which was resolved with some BIOS updates.

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Re:Best CPUs for Workstations by washadjeffmad on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:46PM (#23082673)
I've repurposed a R5 1600AE in a FreeBSD storage server, and I was frustrated by near-daily lockups after running it stably for the past few years on Linux.

After a BIOS update, an option for power supply idle control appeared, and selecting the "typical" over "low" option resolved the hangups. No C-state or C'n'Q changes required.

I did have to RMA the CPU initially when it wouldn't post with DIMMs in 2/4 slots, but later revisions seem to have quickly overcome the memory controller issues.

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