[coreboot] I want to be a contributor (Cloud Dai)

[Taiidan at gmx.com]

On 01/25/2018 05:42 AM, echelon at free.fr wrote:

> Hello Taiidan,
> I have 2 questions:
>   -1) why is 6328 better for games? (compared to 6386SE?)
Faster clock speeds rather than an extra 8 un-used cores, there are very 
few games that can use more than 8 cores fewer still that would 
cooperate with the 16 core opteron NUMA arrangement that divides your 
RAM (the 16 core optys are two 8 core CPU's on a single die)

You can also use isolcpus=2,3,4,5 to get Turbo 2 in case your games only 
use 4 cores.

6328 is equivilant to an FX-8310
>   -2) where can I buy 6386SE for less than 250 USD? Is this price for preowned units?
Yeah it is, there isn't any reason to buy a new CPU as they last 20 
years versus the much shorter lifespan for motherboard components such 
as capacitors.
>   I have been hunting for these items on ebay for 2 months or more, but I see only offers @ 400USD and more!..
6328:
There are a few for $100/ea right now

6386SE:
There were some working scratch and dent (how?!?!) for $170/ea a few 
weeks ago, $120/ea a month ago for one that had missing capacitors that 
made it only work in a single CPU configuration.

As always don't be afraid to use best offer and if nothing suits you 
just wait a week or so one will probably show up then.

Btw if you don't have all the D8/D16 boards you want I would buy them 
new while you still can, they are going to stop selling/making them soon 
if they haven't already.


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