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Apparently some 1600x are coming with 8 core instead of the usual 6.
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Interesting.
I wonder if AMD has anything to say. They should send out some Ryzen7 stickers though^^
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That would definitively get them a few laughs and good pr. 
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All came from one batch from one factory.
Seems like someone just goofed and mislabeled these or some other mixup.
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they should just come out and be like
“Well… this was a thing, so… Merry Christmas, y’all!”
Everyone would love AMD forever if they did that.
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Unless you paid $400+ for a Ryzen 1800 while others get them accidentally and paid much less.
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Then you’re a prick and AMD is still cool.
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inb4 massive increase in Ryzen 5 CPUs being ordered, just like that time when Amazon apparently shipped 512GB/1TB SSDs when people ordered the lower capacity ones.
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New meaning of winning the silicon lottery?
If people received a 1900X and ended up with 16 cores, I would not feel but hurt. I got what I paid for. Zero risk.
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I guess mathematically it comes closer to actually winning the lottery. xD
Not really. You got what you paid for while others got more than what they paid for.
Goof or on purpose, not sure
…as its excellent pr
Lol feeling semi famous for them using my Ryzen CPU Batch code guide with correct attribution.
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Probablly just wrong cpu in the package.
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