• Richard@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Why do CPUs that power hungry exist? I can barely support the thought that my MODERN laptop sucks up to 40W on heavy loads

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      8 days ago

      That’s an EPYC. It’s a datacenter CPU, and it’s priced accordingly. Nobody uses these at home outside of hardcore homelab enthusiasts with actual rack setups.