Users running high-end AMD X670E motherboards with Gen5 SSDs are facing various issues, mainly with the devices being limited to Gen1 speeds.
    • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
      75·
      2 months ago

      CPU manufacturers have a lot of say on what motherboard manufacturers can/must do.

      • Kbobabob@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 months ago

        Aren’t those just called specifications? As long as the manufacturer meets those then it’s pretty much fair game what else they do.

        • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 months ago

          Suppose those specifications are designed with the CPU maker’s profits in mind. Maybe motherboard manufacturers lose perks if they misbehave beyond just specifications.

          Heck, even GPU makers have managed to make motherboard manufacturers their bitch in the past: licensing chips to support their multi-GPU tech.

  • RedWeasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    224·
    2 months ago

    Could be a problem with the SSDs as well. AMD released the X670E last year after all. These aren’t new chipsets.

  • resetbypeer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    181·
    2 months ago

    Kind of odd that some of these x650e boards are so extremely expensive (like MSI’s MEG godlike and Asus ROG Cross hair) that you are better off with a threadripper workstation board and CPU.

      • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I had a 1950X and 2950X, before my current cpu. It was fine, both barely even noticed that it was being taxed by games, like a 10-15% load where my 7800X3D is like 40-50%. Great for video rendering and stuff too, it wasn’t uncommon to do both at the same time and the system was still responsive and quick.

        Now I’m not about to drop the kind of cash required to upgrade to a 32-64 core chip, and yet another board, as the prices went out of prosumer/high end enthusiast with 3xxx and beyond. And the fact that TR4 only lasted 2 gens when we were promised much longer service/upgrade lives…

        But TR for games is the tits. Financially moronic but it goes baby, it goes.