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0 pointskeldaris8y ago0 comments

> Perhaps Intel is banking on the Z370 chipsets being the Intel equivalent of AMD's AM4 -- a chipset that sees support until the introduction of DDR5 memory.

Hah, you wish. It's already been leaked [1] that next year's 8 core desktop CPUs will require a yet another chipset - the Z390.

[1] https://www.custompcreview.com/news/intel-chipset-roadmap-re...

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ihsw28y ago

Well then, this is troublesome.

Hopefully AMD's next-gen chipsets (ie: the AM4 4xx chipsets) maintain backwards compatibility with current-gen CPUs.

While AMD has been straight-forward about current-gen chipsets (ie: the AM4 3xx chipsets, A320/B350/X370) supporting all manner of AM4-compatible CPUs until AM4 is EOL'd, it is not yet clear whether next-gen AM4 motherboards will support current-gen CPUs. Probably not.

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ihsw28y ago

Well then, this is troublesome.

Hopefully AMD's next-gen chipsets (ie: the AM4 4xx chipsets) maintain backwards compatibility with current-gen CPUs.

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