Re:The Intel Core I3-12300 Review: Quad-Core Alder Lake Shines
by rbanffy on Thursday March 10, 2022 @05:35AM
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> You have to be positively insane to spend ~$700 on motherboard and ram just to plop 4 core CPU in there.
If you are testing a CPU, it makes sense to remove as many external bottlenecks as possible. It also makes it easier for anyone publishing benchmarks to have a motherboard that can take low end chips as well as HEDT ones without much configuration change.
If you are testing a CPU, it makes sense to remove as many external bottlenecks as possible. It also makes it easier for anyone publishing benchmarks to have a motherboard that can take low end chips as well as HEDT ones without much configuration change.