Comment on CPU scam: Chuwi CoreBook X uses AMD Ryzen 5 5500U instead of 7430U
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 day agoCan these processors use the same motherboard? It might be a big effort to make a custom one for review, more than just dropping in another part. And more costly too, if it meant redesigning other parts.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Yes all these processors coming from the same generation will use the same socket/BGA pattern and similar BIOS firmware.
floofloof@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
They’re from different generations though. 5500U is Zen 2 while 7430U is Zen 3.
empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 hours ago
That’s my bad for not remembering AMD’s fucking atrocious nonstandard mobile chip naming schemes.
That said, I went and looked up both models, they are both listed as using the FP6 interface. So they are electrically and mechanically compatible, likely just needing a bios update, my point is still valid.
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Atrocious compared to Intel? The first CPU with the name Core i7 was released in 2008, but Intel is still releasing a CPU named Core i7 as recently as 2023. They both suck, but in different ways.