Intel layoffs: More seismic changes to come

[Commander Wallace]

Originally Posted by Mr Quatro

January 2014 I put together this PC for me:

Processor: AMD A-8-5600k APU 3.60 GHz with Radeon HD Graphics
installed memory (RAM) 16GB

Windows 7 64 bit

I like AMD cheap affordable easy to install and to keep cool

intel would cost $100 to $150 more which I could then spend on video card or more memory.

Now that I think about it I need a better PC, but have always lived on the premisive thought that if it works don't fix it.

Did you find that the AMD CPU ran hotter or did you put in extra cooling ? I understand the A-8 ran cooler than it's predecessors.

[Mr Quatro]

Originally Posted by Commander Wallace

Did you find that the AMD CPU ran hotter or did you put in extra cooling ? I understand the A-8 ran cooler than it's predecessors.

Has a stock fan, runs day and night ... the air temperature in the room does make a difference however so I use a small table fan at the under the table case level and run the AC up here for me in the summer time.

[Dowly]

AMD CPU's tend to run a bit hot, but you can can easily fix that with a cheap CPU fan.

[Onkel Neal]

Wow, this leaves the market to ARM.

Intel could be on the verge of exiting the market for smartphones and standalone tablets, wasting billions of dollars it spent trying to expand in those markets.

The company is immediately canceling Atom chips, code-named Sofia and Broxton, for mobile devices, an Intel spokeswoman confirmed.

These are the first products on the chopping block as part of Intel's plan to reshape operations after announcing plans this month to cut 12,000 jobs.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/30635...tom-chips.html