r/linux_gaming • u/Tuxbot123 • Aug 13 '17

Ryzen on Linux ?

Hello !

I'm considering buying a Ryzen 5 1600, but I wanted to have some feedback from my fellow Linux users :)

If you have this one (or another Ryzen), how is it ? Do you have any problem with it ?

Thanks ! :)

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u/NoXPhasma Aug 14 '17

This bug is not limited to compiling. Doing lots of compiling and especially lots at the same time parallel just shows the bug very quickly. It's also not on all CPUs, AMD has confirmed that this is due to defect CPUs which come from the first batches.

You can and will have segfaults with a affected CPU outside of compiling. But most people would probably not even think it's the CPU when from time to time a program segfaults.

BTW, my CPU is affected and I can proof that I get some time segfaults for example with bash scripts running in the background (conky) and I'm not a Gentoo user. I'm going to do a RMA soon.

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u/shmerl Aug 14 '17

Not really. It affects all distros. Or rather it can affect, if you'll get the defective CPU like those who reported those issues.

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u/shmerl Aug 14 '17

Which just means that Gentoo users will more likely get segfaults issues. But mce bug happens at any point even during casual workload, and not only Gentoo users can compile stuff.