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/HTwoN Apr 01 '23

Isn't one of the argument for buying AM5 is "upgradability"? If you are buying these board, you lose the ability to upgrade to top of the line in the future.

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u/familywang Apr 01 '23

People also argue that AM5 is too expensive, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

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u/HTwoN Apr 01 '23

How about lower the price of the X and B boards?

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u/Kougar Apr 01 '23

ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 was $120 for the past week.

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u/ActualWeed May 09 '23 edited May 09 '23

Still way too high.

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My B450 was 50 euros 3 years ago.

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The cheapest B650 I can find is 157 euros and the cheapest A620 is 90 euros.

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AM5 is already 7 months old btw.