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Re:AMD EPYC 7C13 Is a Surprisingly Cheap and Good CPU by gigatexal on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:07PM (#39845201)
What issues come with the vendor locking?
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Re:AMD EPYC 7C13 Is a Surprisingly Cheap and Good CPU by MenhirMike on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:18PM (#39845280)
Only works on the original motherboard (or maybe only motherboards made by the specific vendor the CPU was locked to) - so if you buy a used vendor-locked CPU, there's a risk it's basically just a nice looking paperweight. Serve The Home has a pretty good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNVuTAVYxpM
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