kirbyrj
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Perhaps Intel has done what they've done for a reason, and now that AMD is shipping CPUs instead of ass, they're encountering the same circumstances?
Don't tell ManofGod
I still don't buy Intel's BS, especially when the necessary socket changes come coincidentally in the same time frame as their 2 CPU generations and then new platform cycle. I will cite ad nauseum that there was absolutely no reason why Coffee Lake 8th generation CPU's couldn't have worked perfectly fine on Z170/Z270 motherboards other than a money grab. My favorite video recently was Der8auer taping up all the supposed "extra power delivery" pins so it was essentially identical to a Z170/Z270 socket for power delivery and ran 8th gen CPU's without issue (even overclocked).
The real problem is that AMD implied support up and down the product stack at various times. They can argue that what they said and what was interpreted were two different things (e.g. AM4 "support" through 2020). At least with Intel you know you're going to have to do a platform upgrade after two generations (or one generation if you get the 2nd gen of that platform) whether or not it is a technical requirement or not. In AMD's case, it is literally the same socket. Plus, the delay of B550 meant that the budget boards were being sold with the assumption of next gen compatibility and then when B550 is ready to be released...no compatibility for B450.
Realistically, AMD should say there's a 3 generation rolling CPU limit for their chipsets assuming the same sockets. 3xx gets Zen, Zen+, Zen2. 4xx gets Zen+, Zen2, Zen3. 5xx gets Zen2, Zen3, etc... At least allow the customer to make an informed decision prior to purchase. Zen2 CPU's are pretty good. I don't think 3 years from now anyone is really going to complain too loudly about how they can "only" use a 3900x instead of a 4900x on a budget board. The point is that they needed to inform consumers a lot earlier than they did.