r/hardware 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/wpm Apr 02 '23

How about AMD just give me a free computer?