Get a different machine for the CAD user, he'll be taxing CPU and GPU heavily. Get him Xeon workstation if you can, ideally something that's certified by CAD vendor. You'd be surprised how quickly they are to blame non-certified hardware if there are any issues with their software.

If you make hardware, you test and sign the driver. Here is the doc:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/install/driver-signing

@dustinb3403 said in AMD Sixteen Core Ryzen Threadripper CPU for $1K:

That would be one expensive windows license bill right there. lol

For server, yeah. But this is for desktops, where MS is not looking at cores.

@NDC said in Did AMD Just Stage a Comeback to the Server Market?:

Is there actual info available for server parts yet? All that I've seen so far is data on the Ryzen 7 line which they seem to be positioning as high end desktop components. Not that it will stop people from running servers with them or anything.

Not yet. That is supposed to come later this year.

https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/intels-atom-c2000-chips-are-bricking-products/

Hope that we see NVidia running with this to make an awesome follow up to their rocking X1 processor.

@scottalanmiller said:

Well that worked out well!

Yes, year end seems to be very good! Macbook Pro got serviced for FREE, this desktop fixed for a very cheap price and got the Surface Pro4, hope this is a sign for very good start for 2016! 🙂 Touch wood! 🙂

32 cores per CPU!

First MIPS64 that I ever used was in the Nintendo 64!

Not as interesting as some of the others that you have been finding.

So a mobile APU? Makes sense.

The Samsung Chromenbook 2 uses an octocore ARM. Should be pretty sweet.