When I went AM5 when that was new everyone was like DDR5 is overpriced. Stick with AM4 and buy a better GPU. 2029 AM5 at least now. I'll be on AM5 until at least 2035. Really I want to take it to 2040
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2029? I'll likely end up skipping AM5 altogether, then.
Darling 5800X3D, carry us forward. 🙏
I bought into AM5 at launch for this reason. Ddr5 being "expensive" at the time is a drop in the bucket today. Planning at least once CPU upgrade this cycle. I actually bought a second set of ddr5 and m-ATX mobo before the price jump that'll run my 7000-series CPU in a SFF case eventually. Just need a video card to pair with it whenever I do upgrade CPUs in my workstation.
In other words, there's no way in hell we can innovate and make money right now, so you're stuck here until the AI bubble bursts. Consumer innovation is on full stop while we focus on the corpos.
AM5 had a poor launch because of high memory prices in the pre AI era.
Releasing AM6 later might allow AMD to make the platform more economical at launch.
Or if they launch AM6 early and support AM5 via a dual socket generation (unlikely TBH), that's also good. Use older memory for normal workloads. Upgrade if you want top of the line perf.
I upgraded 2.5 years ago and went with AM5 with the plan of entering low and exiting high (cheap mid CPU at start and one more with the best last).
I'm happy with my choice, since I upgrade the whole system every 5-8 years.
But I hold a small basket while this can also mean slow consumer innovation in the future due to AI hype... We will see...
Anyway next CPU in more than 3 years.
What about AM6?
What would be the point in this PC parts economy? There would be like 7 people buying it.
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No point until there’s affordable consumer DDR6.
And CAMM modules, if I were to bet.
And that’s fine. PCIE5 is still underutilized, and big L3 cache can sort-of compensate for RAM speed.
CAMM for desktop form factor? Why
Well because the same advantages for mobile platforms translate to desktop.
Better signal integrity, higher speeds, lower latency and specifically for desktop better airflow in the case (+coolers no longer have to clear the height of the dimm).
Downsides are ramm problem diagnosis and upgradabillity (have to buy a whole new module can't partially upgrade like with dimm).
zen 7 and ddr6. there won't be any ddr6 for you or me or anyone else without an unlimited bank account until this data center bullshit collapses.
until this data center bullshit collapses.
Yeah I figure that will happen first.
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