mind giving an AMD CPU to replace my current one and some slight spec upgrades?

anonymousOP•9/8/25, 1:39 PM

Operating System
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
CPU
Intel Core i5 3550 @ 3.30GHz 46 °C
Ivy Bridge 22nm Technology
RAM
16.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 665MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
Intel Corporation DH67BL (CPU 1) 37 °C
Graphics
DELL SE2416H (1920x1080@60Hz)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti (NVIDIA) 45 °C
Storage
931GB TOSHIBA HDWD110 (SATA ) 35 °C
238GB SPCC Solid State Disk (SATA (SSD)) 40 °C
Optical Drives
No optical disk drives detected
Audio
High Definition Audio Device

SkyTrashPanda•9/8/25, 1:40 PM

What are you using this for? Just to help form suggestions with relevant components.

SSkyTrashPanda What are you using this for? Just to help form suggestions with relevant compone...

anonymousOP•9/8/25, 1:43 PM

well i would like some AMD alternatives to get rid of intel me and backdoors, and honestly it's so that i have a smoother experience playing games or using multiple apps at the same time aswell

SkyTrashPanda•9/8/25, 1:50 PM

So gaming and a memory boost, got it. You understand you'll have to change your motherboard because the Intel v. AMD sockets are different, correct?

SkyTrashPanda•9/8/25, 1:52 PM

Not to mention the memory (RAM) standards are most likely going to be different as well going from DDR3 to DDR4/5

SkyTrashPanda•9/8/25, 1:53 PM

Also, what is your overall budget for the upgrade?

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 2:05 PM

^^ but any am4 cpu is prob your best choice tho for price

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 2:05 PM

Used market is pretty good for them

SkyTrashPanda•9/8/25, 2:07 PM

AM4 and specifically the X3D processors are great for a litany of things, but that's going to ultimately depend on budget availability because those aren't on the cheap side at all lol

SSkyTrashPanda AM4 and specifically the X3D processors are great for a litany of things, but th...

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 2:17 PM

You know any task other than gaming that benefits from that extra l3?

CCloudyy You know any task other than gaming that benefits from that extra l3?

SkyTrashPanda•9/8/25, 2:44 PM

Typically depends on the generation (and other components used with it), but most of the time gaming, simulation/rendering, and video encoding projects are going to perform better with those processors. Not all of them, however, it really depends on the process and what it's actually doing. AMD processors usually have a lower power draw as well.

Aanonymous well i would like some AMD alternatives to get rid of intel me and backdoors, an...

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云•9/8/25, 2:57 PM

games depend more on single core performance

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云•9/8/25, 2:57 PM

just plot single core benchmarks with price and pick one

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 4:13 PM

That’s so generalized tho

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 4:13 PM

Depends a lot on the game

Aanonymous well i would like some AMD alternatives to get rid of intel me and backdoors, an...

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/8/25, 5:55 PM

jesus christ

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/8/25, 5:56 PM

id say save your money and try to build a new AM5 build instead, AM4 isn't dead but if you're already going to upgrade just go straight to the modern era

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/8/25, 5:56 PM

you can keep the 980 iguess but you would need new cpu, motherboard, and RAM

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/8/25, 5:56 PM

and you can definitely find all that for the $400USD range

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 7:04 PM

Wonder when we’ll learn about his budget

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 7:04 PM

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 7:05 PM

Am5 is def the way to go if he has like $500 tho

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/8/25, 7:08 PM

yea am4 build is probably gonna be in the $250USD range but with some extra money bro can just jump up to modern specs

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/8/25, 7:09 PM

ignoring the gpu

Gguninvalid over coax alliance yea am4 build is probably gonna be in the $250USD range but with some extra mone...

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 11:22 PM

idk why i assumed he had like $100

Aanonymous Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit CPU Intel Core i5 3550 @ 3.30GHz ...

Cloudyy•9/8/25, 11:23 PM

what sort of PSU do you have btw?

CCloudyy what sort of PSU do you have btw?

anonymousOP•9/10/25, 11:15 AM

uhhh how do i check

anonymousOP•9/10/25, 11:15 AM

also does amd also have backdoors

anonymousOP•9/10/25, 11:15 AM

i just want privacy ffs

Aanonymous uhhh how do i check 😭

Cloudyy•9/10/25, 12:41 PM

Budget first

Cloudyy•9/10/25, 12:41 PM

How much money do you wanna spend

CCloudyy How much money do you wanna spend

anonymousOP•9/10/25, 12:56 PM

not sure but i prefer the lower range when it comes to prices

Aanonymous not sure but i prefer the lower range when it comes to prices

Cloudyy•9/10/25, 1:48 PM

Idk what “the lower range” means for you

Cloudyy•9/10/25, 1:48 PM

Is it around 200

Cloudyy•9/10/25, 1:48 PM

Or like around 5

CCloudyy Or like around 5

anonymousOP•9/10/25, 2:10 PM

i'd be willing to spend around 200-350 tbh

Aanonymous i'd be willing to spend around 200-350 tbh

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 4:56 PM

:skull_cap:

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 4:56 PM

honestly if i were you id just say wait until you can have a larger budget

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 4:56 PM

like $400 is enough for am5 even

Gguninvalid over coax alliance like $400 is enough for am5 even

anonymousOP•9/10/25, 4:57 PM

what's wrong with am4?

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 4:57 PM

there's nothing explicitly wrong with it but if you're gonna upgrade why are you gonna save $50 just so you can spend another $400 in 2 years?

Aanonymous also does amd also have backdoors

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 5:41 PM

hardware vulnerabilities aren't really a thing anymore

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 5:41 PM

and if they are they would probably go for tens of millions on the black market, and only really nation states would have access to them

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 5:42 PM

so if there were vulnerabilities, assuming you haven't pissed off the KGB or the NSA or the CCP recently, you really have nothing to worry about

guninvalid over coax alliance•9/10/25, 5:43 PM

and if you do, you have bigger things to worry about, but also keep your drivers up to date because drivers can patch out basically all hardware vulnerabilities

Cloudyy•9/11/25, 1:30 AM

I’m guessing he’s concerned about intel ME?

Cloudyy•9/11/25, 1:30 AM

AMD has something like PSP, which sometimes gets linked to ME, but iirc it’s different

Cloudyy•9/11/25, 1:31 AM

It might be amd SPS