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		Arrath on Feb 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Intel Processor Instability Causing Oodle Decompre... Yeah it really seems the market has bifurcated into "DIY build-a-computer" targeted towards gamers, bedazzled with RGB and all that jazz, and "Buy a used/refurb Dell mini-atx office desktop computer", assuming they don't just default to 'buy a laptop' as you point out.

mips_r4300i on Feb 24, 2024 [–]

At this point, if you want the fastest DDR5 ram (for singlethreaded stuff it's a huge help) then all you can get are RGB xxtreme gamer sticks.

My office glows at night because the RGB dimms stay lit up in sleep mode. But they are fast.

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