Matthew on Nostr: AM4 socket and platform is one of my favorites. The longevity of support from AMD has ...

AM4 socket and platform is one of my favorites. The longevity of support from AMD has been great.

I plan to continue building AM4 based systems for a long time to come, even though AM5 has already been out for two years now.

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AMD won Computex by extending AM5 support and launching new AM4 CPUs

Intel typically uses the same motherboard CPU socket for two generations, but we've seen the company support the same socket for an additional series. AMD has been more consistent through the Ryzen CPU family, since releasing the Ryzen 1000 series in 2016. AM4 launched alongside the new Ryzen processors and AMD released its successor, AM5 in 2022. That's six years of support before a new platform rolled out, but AMD hasn't finished supporting older motherboards yet.

This is quite interesting as this is the first time I've bought AMD. With all my previous Intel based CPUs I had to discard the motherboard and RAM and fully replace it all when I bought a new CPU. Now it seems my AM4 based motherboard can still be used, and I could buy a brand-new CPU for it. Less wastage and expense.

I have never been able to upgrade my CPU before on its own. I'm pretty tempted to try it. But OK, the newer CPU is about 11% faster on benchmarking, but with 60% extra power consumption/heat...

See https://www.xda-developers.com/amd-won-computex-am5-support-extension-new-am4-cpu/

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