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AMD is resurrecting a 4-year-old CPU, and it exposes some uncomfortable truths about the PC industry

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AMD is resurrecting a 4-year-old CPU, and it exposes some uncomfortable truths about the PC industry
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Ever since memory prices across the world started climbing and DDR5 became the new standard, upgrading a gaming PC has felt like financing a small renovation project instead of actually swapping out a single component. With DDR5 taking over from DDR4 platforms, even a simple CPU upgrade constitutes replacing your motherboard, processor, and RAM, all in one expensive go.

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