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“We conclude that disabling hyperthreading, in addition to flushing several microarchitectural states during context switches, is the only possible workaround to prevent this extremely powerful attack,” https://www.pcgamesn.com/intel/zombieload-mds-vulnerability-security-patch-hyperthreading-mitigation-performance Microsoft also recommends that “to be fully protected, customers may also need to disable Hyper-Threading.” But that’s up to your discretion. however "Chrome OS has, by default, disabled HyperThreading."

the exploit is at the most basic level of operation, imagine if there was a problem with a car that it made so much horsepower it always spun on acceleration, so it quickly burned thru tires, but the tires it had were the best physically possible, well then the only fix for the problem would result in the car being slower. The basic level of operation is there to increase performance, any fix to filter for exploits would add instructions and complexity to everything the processor did involving this performance gain feature and thus would make its performance benefit less. Intel has added a feature that makes their processors have an edge but the feature is unsafe, imagine buying a guy with a special part that makes it shoot the bullet faster, more accurately and with more power, but it makes it more likely to blow up in your face, then imagine this gun costs significantly more money; that is probably a better analogy.

lol " From what I've read Zombieload can be triggered from javascript stuff on webpages as well as local programs. Administrator access is definitely not required. Viewing an infected website seems to be all it takes. Intel and the CVE Organization (that's not the actual name of the organization but I don't know the actual name) have determined that this class of vulnerability is ranked as "medium" severity which means really bad but it means there is the potential for worse stuff." first post in the thread, so literally if you visit one bad webpage there is potential for any of your sensitive information to be stolen, sure it's not bad now.... but the simple fact of the matter is do you want to buy processors that have minimal performance to price ratio at the high end, are non competitive in the mid range, have one shrinking use case where price is justified (1080p gaming on high refresh rate moniter with gtx 1080+ GPU), and will likely loose that advantage within the next 6 months to zen 2.... and on top of that have the knowledge in the back of your head that simply visiting a bad webpage could enable someone to access all your passwords and sensitive data? There is a reason Intel stock is down 25% in the last 30 days, and as an AMD shareholder who has been in since before it was $10 I can say the stock price relationship on AMD and Intel alone is enough to justify a spike in the amount of zombieload attacks, it really does't take much time or effort to register for advertisements of some of the shady sites you may visit and simply redirect to another webpage with an attack..... If you already have a Intel CPU should you worry? Maybe, maybe not, but you should be pretty pissed tbqfh, you either lose peace of mind or performance, and you still payed a premium, if I were you I would take advantage of the fact Intel chips hold their values relatively well because that might change a bit going forward from this point and sell the GPU + mobo and buy a 8 core ryzen, if you buy a gen1/2 you might even have some money in your pocket and with zen2 you might even come out with performance rivaling the 9900k without having to spend any extra money.... So maybe wait for Computex/CES lol

you are downplaying the value of samsung b die, with DDR5 coming out and basically all ram above 3200mhz being b-die how will you cope with the truth

there is a reason you cannot find reviews of the 9900k that test at anything over 1080p because at anything over 1080p there is no bottleneck 9900k bottlenecks your wallet in every single situation though since Ryzen @ 1080p with a 2080ti is 1000% playable at less than half the cost

Micron is responsible for the deaths of thousands of 2080 and 2080 ti's they are the ENEMY I have bought two 2080 ti's if either of them would have had micron memory I would have noped.jpged them right back to whence they came

who would pay $250 for a 1070 when the progression is 1060<580<1070 and used 580's are $100 woth 1660ti's which are basically 1070's at $280 buy a used rx 580 lol

daily reminder the rtx 2070 is less than 10% faster than the rtx 2060 $350 with no BS A/NON-A

see if this will still honor this tbqfh https://techreport.com/news/33821/amd-offers-i7-8086k-winners-a-threadripper-1950x-trade-in nvm you actually bought an 8086k, we all get it you bleed blue

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07CG41Y8Z $229 1440p 32" IPS 75hz

No, you can get a 8 core/16 thread CPU and x470 motherboard for less than half the price of a 9900K by itself. With just the PCIE lanes on the AMD CPU you can handle a x16 video card, M.2 and a SATA SSD. The funny part is the 9900K is the cheapest 8 core 16 thread CPU for that socket and is actually part of the i9 series which is all on HEDT socket besides that chip, meaning as far as price and actual branding (i9) you want me to compare to TR4 at the same price point, which you can still get a 12 core/24 thread CPU for cheaper than a comparable 9900K setup, the CPU alone for AMDs HEDT series has 60 pcie lanes.

because intel scams you with insane prices for CPUs with shit tier PCIE lane counts

you didn't specify but the x470 aorus gaming 7 has 2

Do not use KF for workstation, integrated GPU on intel processors actually helps many productivity tasks.

yeah and a 1 year warranty meanwhile gaming 7 has 98% of the performance of the Taichi with RGB, mobo RGB sync, and a 3 year warranty. Not everyone wants to set record overclocks and I can vouch board OC's fine with air and liquid, can get within 0.1mhz of Tachi lol at thinking warranty is a good trade for an extra 1% performance

you could still recommend a good mobo and when zen 2 comes with price drops OP will be informed if he decides not to buy the newest CPUs

you should consider listening to me instead of this guy :3 x470 AORUS gaming 7

NAGA TRINITY

haha jiggies I liek u

you know Kojima-san? wow didn't know he was famous

I already

Like honestly, do these prices make any fucking sense to anybody? https://wccftech.com/amd-12-core-zen-2-ryzen-cpu-engineering-sample-benchmark-leaked-higher-ipc-vs-threadripper-1920x/ Ryzen 3 3300 6/12 3.2GHz 4.0GHz 50W $99 CES Ryzen 3 3300X 6/12 3.5GHz 4.3GHz 65W $129 CES Ryzen 3 3300G 6/12 3.0GHz 3.8GHz 65W $129 Q3 2019 Ryzen 5 3600 8/16 3.6GHz 4.4GHz 65W $178 CES Ryzen 5 3600X 8/16 4.0GHz 4.8GHz 95W $229 CES Ryzen 5 3600G 8/16 3.2GHz 4.0GHz 95W $199 Q3 2019 Ryzen 7 3700 12/24 3.8GHz 4.6GHz 95W $299 CES Ryzen 7 3700X 12/24 4.2GHz 5.0GHz 105W $329 CES Ryzen 9 3800X 16/32 3.9GHz 4.7GHz 125W $449 CES Ryzen 9 3850X 16/32 TBA TBA 135W $499 TBA Ok so 3rd gen 8core ryzen parts going for $180 when 2nd gen part is selling for about $200 on a steep 3rd atleast, discount? 12 core part going for $300 when that was the release price of previous 8 gen parts and 1st gen 12 core parts just getting close to these prices now? So either AMD just wants to put a knife in the back of intel in the entire i5/i7 range and are willing to do whatever it takes to do it or they are saints who don't like money because if you move the entire skew down (excluding G units) that makes a crap ton more sense, am I missing something? is 7nm much cheaper than 12nm/14? or does this have something to do with the article of AMD getting 70% success rates in yields, I know in 7 days we MIGHT get answers but I want a heads up since I just bought into TR4 socket and besides never knowing if 3rd gen threadripper was going to be compatible now I don't even know if it will exist at all, with these prices it's like a fucking dropkick to the nutsack I just can't believe the PRICES, anybody find it crazy or have an explanation. PLZ SEND HELP S.O.S

9 year old seasonic lel plz post updates soon senpai can't wait to hear from u

memory for radeon VII is superior, nvidia next GPU release will be RTX cards with improved memory see where this is going? amd did.