I wish 300 and 400 series boards supports ryzen 4000 and it makes more sense since if we buy a new motherboard, when ddr5 is amd said they'd support am4 through 2020, but their message got changed to until 2020. i think gamers nexus just uploaded a video on this amd compatibility stuff.
Download Amd Zen 3 Motherboard Compatibility Background. In a surprising twist, amd has today announced that it intends to enable ryzen 4000 and zen 3 support on its older b450 and x470 motherboards. Amd promised socket and chipset compatibility up to zen2, which is already 2 generations more than anything intel, so your little stunt here backfired.
Amd Ryzen 4000 Zen 3 Cpus Compatible With X570 B550 Chipset from cdn.wccftech.com
Right now that means just the boards running the x570 chipset, but come june 16 (or thereabouts) amd's new. So, exciting times for amd. If that was the intention then this is clearly and purposely a choice of words to trick the customer into buying there is currently no budget or midrange solution for an amd board that has current compatibility and future compatibility.
That was before zen 3 came along.
The amd b550 chipset release date is june 16, with most manufacturer motherboards shipping by july. Amd revealed more information on the budget b550 chipset today. That was before zen 3 came along. If that was the intention then this is clearly and purposely a choice of words to trick the customer into buying there is currently no budget or midrange solution for an amd board that has current compatibility and future compatibility.
