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Re:Would 1950s Living Standards Save Us? by 10000truths on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:26PM (#31780587)
> You can replace you CPU from Intel by another from AMD.

Not unless you also replace the motherboard. AMD and Intel CPUs have different sockets and incompatible firmware.

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Re:Would 1950s Living Standards Save Us? by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday June 17, 2022 @12:50PM (#31780951)
Yeah, but I won't have to replace my case, RAM, storage devices, GPU, keyboard, mouse, monitor, power supply, any of the internal cables, etc.

There was a time when I could have had an AMD GPU with a motherboard using an NVIDIA chipset with an Intel CPU.

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