by Anura Guruge
on December 21, 2023
I got a ‘Beelink SER6 MAX‘ from Amazon
with a Ryzen 9 9600HX.
The Beelink SER6 MAX worked, appeared to work VERY NICELY
— and I was getting quite attached to it.
This was my first venture with AMD (– & I happen to be an AMD shareholder).
Until now I have always had PCs powered by Intel.
I did NOT expect that AMD processors would be that much different to Intel ones when it came to INTERNAL MONITORING.
Boy, was I wrong.
For a start, it appears that (most) AMD processors ONLY HAVE ONE temp. sensor — for the entire processor, as opposed to a sensor per CORE. I am used to running ‘CORE TEMP’ & seeing the temp of each core.
With the Ryzen 9 you just see ONE CORE. Yikes. I couldn’t deal with that.
Plus, it appears that a lot of software, including AMD’s OWN ‘Ryzen Master’ doesn’t support the 6900HX because it is NEW and, moreover, a MOBILE processor.
I couldn’t live with that.
I RETURNED the Beelink.
Nothing wrong with the Beelink. I just HATED the AMD Ryzen processor!
NEVER GETTING AN AMD PROCESSOR AGAIN.
