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For my neighbor I just got them a i5-3470S OptiPlex 8GB ram and 256GB SSD delivered for $46. They had a 2007-2011 model PC that had 7 then 10 then 11 and was so slow.
wait a min, these are real dual core or just quad core APU with disabled units?
It would have been a good idea to read the article carefully. :)
Still, to save you the time, these are the real dual core ones, which are the ones compatible with Windows 11, and they’re getting a new box to ensure that people don’t by the other version by mistake.
Alternatively, they could have gotten a new name to make sure people don’t buy the old one by mistake. Idk, just a thought.
I remember having Athlon X4 processor. They were great.
Meanwhile AMD drops Vega drivers, and any other support for such an old CPU, and gets away with selling it.
What does Vega drivers have to do with these CPUs? Vega are GPUs.
AMD hasn’t dropped vega drivers though… they moved them to a legacy release cycle, which means they’ll get drivers for Windows 10/11 but at a much slower rate without new features. Adrenalin 23.11.1 is the latest Vega driver… Just checked the Ryzen 3 2200U is still on the latest driver…
What they do, do is reduce the rate of updates, EG if something breaks polaris in a driver update it might be a few months before those cards get on a new driver… in the grand scheme of things its a non issue for 99% of users.
Aka me
Back in 2019 i build a computer with athlon ge 200. Was using it until i bought 1600 a couole momths after. Sure, athlon was not a powerhouse, however, it was a good cpu for basic home computer. And the fact it played a lot of older games without problems was nuts.
I’m running a OMV NAS with a 3000G - 35W TDP, passively cooled with this, runs my Docker images and everything, just perfect for such use cases.
this is good news, anyone who says otherwise is delusional
There is a fantastic sale on eBay that has new Ryzen 7 5800X for $180, I got one last month and have been amazed by it, how smooth the games are now, how quick the responses are. I am loving it. It’s my first Ryzen/AMD CPU. It’s so great.
And there’s people that claim otherwise.
Bought these for cheap office pcs 2 yrs ago. Does its job.
Good thing they ditched AM3-era heatsink for modern Wraith Stealth cooler. There’s still a market for everyday desktop PC for home and office use.
However, it still needs to be paired with between old A320 to X470 mobos only. A520 and above mobos are unsupported.
Nobody is forced to buy this. If it didn’t sell they wouldn’t make it.
Yeah, if there’s a market for older CPUs they’re going to sell it.
I mean Intel still manufactured new original 386 chips until 2007 or so, more than 20 years after release. And who knows how long they still had stock for, if you asked them today with enough $$$ they might find some in a warehouse somewhere.
I beleive some of the early x86 stock was bought up by the space industry as well, along with powerpc and things like that. very large process nodes and simple as possible feature set are a simple way to increase resistance to radiation effects before shielding.
I don’t think there’s anything inherently wrong with selling it or people buying it, Zen still works, but it is wrong for AMD to sell something they drop support for. Also, not sure how well this would work for windows 11. Perhaps if 10 or linux.
Most accurate comment ever.
Would have been nice to see a newer entry level CPU than the 3000G.
That’s Mendocino, but they didn’t bring it to desktop market and probably will not.
There’s always a market for a sub $50 CPU. Office PC, Grandma’s HTPC, a starter computer for your kid, etc.
No shit, I am running a Win NT machine just for excel. Until this thing dies, I have no reason to replace it whatsoever. Too bad CRT went kaput years ago.
Too bad they’re so expensive in Australia, A$159 here.
It’s only A$189 for a 5600G, I’d be all over one of these for AUD$79 (or less!).
Appliance hardware, kiosks, industrial computers, etc. Equipment we buy at work, a lot of times it comes with older processors.
Yep, that too! There is an enormous amount of lower end hardware used in such kinds of equipment.
I built a PC for my wife’s beauty salon with the remains of my old PCs. i7 980 CPU, Asus Sabertooth X58 MB, 16GB kingston DDR3 1666Mhz, Kingston 500GB SSD, AMD HD7870… I could have used a RX 570 8Gb but for what she uses it, it would be a waste.