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I don't think it's very likely that his 48gb machine is over a decade old.


Looks like it's an 8th Gen with mixed ram running single channel mode. The point stands though, the brand segment is meaningless over time.

It's 5-6yo just before Ryzen got competitive with Intel. A current option should be noticeably faster.


I have a 64GB i7-3930K from 2012 next to me. It still worked in late 2024, and was faster than many modern computers.




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