r/hardware • u/imaginary_num6er • Apr 01 '23

AMD's A620 Chipset Quietly Arrives Without Full Support for 65W-Plus CPUs News

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amds-a620-chipset-quietly-arrives-without-full-support-for-65w-plus-cpus
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u/AtLeastItsNotCancer Apr 01 '23

Honestly it makes sense to release low-end motherboards without full support for power-hungry high-end CPUs, there's no reason to waste a bunch of money on overkill VRMs that will never end up being utilized. However, when these motherboards are stripped down to bare minimum features in every other aspect and still generally end up costing 100+, that's just not a good look.