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Re:The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100 CPU Review: A Budget Gamin... by ksec on Thursday May 07, 2020 @01:13PM (#23105434)
As you suggested I think there is market for Desktop using the Ryzen Mobile 4000 Parts.

This used to be a thing where the Motherboard maker would sell the Board + Mobile Chip soldered. Not sure if you could still do that.

And it is not like Zen 2 Desktop APU aren't coming. Just a tad later. I think the current roadmap from AMD is pretty solid. Although I do wish their sales and marketing execution to be much better.

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Re:The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100 CPU Review: A Budget Gamin... by Macha on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:55PM (#23117552)
There never was a 3600G or 3800G. So I'm imagine the next APU will also stop at a 4400G, which given its priced/placed so low in their stack, may not actually be better as a CPU than some Zen+ parts still hanging around like the 2600x or 1600AF, and almost certainly won't be as good as higher tier Zen2 parts like the 3700x or 4900H.

I also think there would be a market for a 4900H in a desktop form factor but I don't think AMD will make one.

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Re:The AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and 3100 CPU Review: A Budget Gamin... by greggyb on Thursday May 07, 2020 @08:05PM (#23109850)
Aliexpress has some good mini-PCs based on mobile CPUs. It's been a while since I went shopping for one, so I'm not sure where they are, right now. Since these are typically <=15W parts, they can be passively cooled. Most are fanless, from what I've seen.

I run OpenBSD on an i5-5200U I picked up a few years ago (probably 2015, or early 2016). It serves as my router and runs a bunch of services for me. It lives in my basement next to the fiber line coming in from the road.

I wouldn't be surprised if an AMD -H part comes to market soon in this category.

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