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Nope, AMD promised to support AM4 socket until 2020. AM4 came out in 2016, supporting it with new CPUs for over 7 years is unheard of in the PC industry.

zamalek 3y ago
And it earns them a lot of good will, and sales.
- MPSimmons 3y ago
  I might buy one for one of my old desktops that's still kicking around as a server. 16 cores isn't something to shake a stick at!
  - distances 3y ago
    These new models don't include a 16 core part though?
FirmwareBurner 3y ago
>7 years is unheard of in the PC industry LOL. Intel's LGA-775 which span support for CPUs from single core Pentium 4, to dual core Core-2-Duo, to quad core Core-2-Quad would like to have a word with you. And 7 years back in those days was equivalent to an etternity in today's tech progress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_775 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_775
- borissk 3y ago
  Kind of - early socket 775 motherboards don't support later Core CPUs.
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- universa1 3y ago
  Not sure if the Mainboard Chipsets initially released with the Pentium iv supported the later released core2 quads... Which is actually the case for the am4, where even the cheapest, oldest Chipset (a320) can support the newest am4 CPU, as long as the MB maker provides a bios update.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    Sure, but the technological leaps from Pentium 4 to Core 2 Duo and then to Quad that Intel made in those days over 15 years ago, were massive enough to justify the limitation of the same chipset from the Pentium 4 era not supporting the later multi-core Core CPUs, compared to the Ryzen 2-3-4 jumps that AMD made in a similar timeframe which aren't as radically different to each other.
- Arrath 3y ago
  And since then has an Intel socket supported more than one revolution of a tick-tock CPU generation? Genuine question because I've now built several desktops in the Intel 'Core iX' era and have never truly had on opportunity to reuse a mobo.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    Of course not, but I was only pointing out that 7 years of socket support is not unheard of as grandparent claimed.
- justsomehnguy 3y ago
  > LGA-775 which span support for CPUs from single core Pentium 4, to dual core Core-2-Duo, to quad core Core-2-Quad Mechanically inserting and actually running is a different things.

zamalek 3y ago

And it earns them a lot of good will, and sales.

MPSimmons 3y ago
I might buy one for one of my old desktops that's still kicking around as a server. 16 cores isn't something to shake a stick at!
- distances 3y ago
  These new models don't include a 16 core part though?

FirmwareBurner 3y ago

>7 years is unheard of in the PC industry LOL. Intel's LGA-775 which span support for CPUs from single core Pentium 4, to dual core Core-2-Duo, to quad core Core-2-Quad would like to have a word with you. And 7 years back in those days was equivalent to an etternity in today's tech progress. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_775 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGA_775

borissk 3y ago
Kind of - early socket 775 motherboards don't support later Core CPUs.
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universa1 3y ago
Not sure if the Mainboard Chipsets initially released with the Pentium iv supported the later released core2 quads... Which is actually the case for the am4, where even the cheapest, oldest Chipset (a320) can support the newest am4 CPU, as long as the MB maker provides a bios update.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  Sure, but the technological leaps from Pentium 4 to Core 2 Duo and then to Quad that Intel made in those days over 15 years ago, were massive enough to justify the limitation of the same chipset from the Pentium 4 era not supporting the later multi-core Core CPUs, compared to the Ryzen 2-3-4 jumps that AMD made in a similar timeframe which aren't as radically different to each other.
Arrath 3y ago
And since then has an Intel socket supported more than one revolution of a tick-tock CPU generation? Genuine question because I've now built several desktops in the Intel 'Core iX' era and have never truly had on opportunity to reuse a mobo.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  Of course not, but I was only pointing out that 7 years of socket support is not unheard of as grandparent claimed.
justsomehnguy 3y ago
> LGA-775 which span support for CPUs from single core Pentium 4, to dual core Core-2-Duo, to quad core Core-2-Quad Mechanically inserting and actually running is a different things.