I am trying to save up to go with a Libreboot desktop and laptop down the road but in the mean time I have my Ryzen 5 2600X; an i7-6700; i5-4590; an FX-9590 and an FX-6100. Would it be the best idea, from a privacy and security standpoint, to go with the FX-9590 and FX-6100 over the i7; i5 and Ryzen 5 ? I would still be on a closed source BIOS but would be free of the PSP and ME and allow me to try to sell the rest to use towards the Libreboot systems. Thoughts ?
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https://libreboot.org/faq.html#intel
https://www.coreboot.org/users.html
These pages detail some of the reasons to not want to trust any Intel CPU with the ME or an AMD CPU that uses the PSP. Libreboot uses no blobs from the kernel and is able to remove these or work with chips that don’t have them at all. Coreboot is able to neuter but not remove the PSP and ME on certain more recent chips and use limited blobs. Either would be a better option than using a closed source BIOS but does limit your hardware options regardless.
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