Am Sun, Dec 18, 2022 at 03:53:28PM -0600 schrieb Dale:

> > Did you ever tell us the exact CPU you have in there? All I can remember is
> > it has 4 cores. And some AMD processor with a II in its name, but that was
> > you main rig, right?
>
> It took some digging around but I found out it is a AMD Phenom 9750 quad
> core.

Great! That’s a model from 2008:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_Phenom_processors#%22Agena%22_(B2/B3,_65_nm,_Quad-core)

> It lists some extensions but I don't see any that are related to
> encryption.  No AES or whatever for sure.  Unless I missed it.  I used

The instruction set’s original proposal is about as young as your processor:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES_instruction_set

> My main rig has a AMD FX-8350 Eight-Core Processor and 32GBs of memory. 
> I'm thinking about a new rig eventually.  Rig is getting a little age on
> it.  ;-) 

At least it has AES ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_FX_processors#Piledriver_Core_(Vishera,_32_nm)

I’ve been thinking about a new build for about a year now, aiming at a
power-efficient Ryzen 5700G. But I can’t let go of my trusty old (8 years)
i5-4590.

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