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Why did people upgrade to new Intel motherboards and CPUs for Alder Lake? These upgrades were not cheap either, especially for the Z690 boards.
I'm just pointing out that you'll be spending a lot of cash especially as an early adopter for no real world gains in gaming, a pcie gen 5.0 nvme over a cheap gen 3.0 won't really do anything either unless your transferring a lot of data around regularly.
I see your point but i think @g67575 is looking for a long term investment. Yes he spends out now but that is it done for a few years, any other upgrades will just be slott in upgrades. Components will probably only get more expensive over time as that is teh way of teh world, so if you can afford it do it now and know if you want to you can slam Zen 5 3D in the rig in a few years time. Thsi si something currently you cannot get from Intel
I'd disagree, the current ram, MB and CPUs will all get cheap the longer you wait but even then you're essentially paying getting on for 1k for what will be a sidegrade in 4k gaming with a 3080.
I found very little difference going from a 3600 to 5800X @1440p with a 3080 so I doubt zen 4 would make much difference either.
AMD AM4 AGESA Combo V2 PI 1.2.0.7Well, this is my MB - https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X470 Master SLI/index.asp#CPU . 5800x3D is not listed as supported.
BIOS - https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X470 Master SLI/index.asp#BIOS Latest is with "Update AMD AM4 AGESA Combo V2 PI 1.2.0.7"
Other x470 from them, Taichi, has the CPU supported in the list - https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X470 Taichi/index.asp#CPU
BIOS is with the same AGESA for both: Update AMD AM4 AGESA Combo V2 PI 1.2.0.7 https://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/X470 Taichi/index.asp#BIOS
BIOS Size is 256mb for both.
Only reason I can think of is either they've "forgot" to put it as supported in the list for my MB or it will come later on.
At this point I'm in no hurry either way.
X470 Master SLI.
AMD AM4 AGESA Combo V2 PI 1.2.0.7
Supports 5800X3D, says so even on techpowerup.
AMD Releases AGESA V2 1.2.0.7 Microcode to Motherboard Vendors and OEMs
AMD over the weekend reportedly released the AGESA V2 PI 1.2.0.7 microcode to motherboard vendors and PC OEMs. This particular version of AGESA gains importance to those on Windows 11, as it corrects a performance-stuttering issue caused due to frequent polling of the fTPM by the OS. The new...www.techpowerup.com
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Also, there's a couple of other problems with my current motherboard, firstly the CPU clock sometimes throttles down to 4.5ghz in games (worse with HT enabled), and the PCIe 4 slot only operates in PCIe 3 mode (due to using a Comet Lake CPU).
Z790 is very expensive as well though, not sure why you think they are competitively priced. Z690 has some cheap and good options though on DDR4.
. Best case, probably £150 for the cheapest AM5 B650 boards, more likely closer to £200. I am hoping that DDR5 prices will drop another 10% or so though...
