Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Ummm ... US Govt Planning to "Nationalize" Intel Date: 20 Aug 2025 18:28:15 GMT Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Wm0TNbBGt8FHPhFXtA9xyQYmepMbNBgNLgMzqHehaIIj4hiYTD Cancel-Lock: sha1:wqswEBg2A6SfjXPaPmkrVMM5nuY= sha256:Q0DeNc5ngj9bCA5TJkEIhC0ec1+DfaPZ/hInLNoqnO4= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:71771 On Wed, 20 Aug 2025 01:42:22 -0400, c186282 wrote: > And IF I buy another mini-box/lap anytime soon, I WILL still go with an > Intel CPU. Still have TWO spares right now ... one dedicated to nothing > and one in the box (with Win-11 by default). But, near future, > ya never know. HAVE used AMDs and they're GOOD ... but ......... https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/08/ars-technica-system-guide-back-to- pc-building-for-back-to-school/ I haven't been keeping up so I don't know what Intel's current socket selections are but he claims AM5 is more future-proof. AM4 lasted almost 10 years and you can still get processors. LGA 1200 was quickly followed by LGA 1700 and now LGA 1851. My Intel box has a LGA 1150, which had a pretty good run. It was followed by LGA 1151. I'm curious what the extra pin was for. I keep looking at the Antec case under the bench and thinking I should do a build. but it's huge with those big drive bays that would need to be adapted down. It was designed for a ATX mobo but I never did use all the slots. A microATX would do. Then I'd have another box and could install the vastly superior Mint Linux. Only fooling -- I'd probably go for Leap.