Thanks! Wow that is a ton for the APUs.

I do hope they continue with the strategy of fully refining the platform before moving on with AM5 like they did with AM4. If the rumors (granted, they are rumors) for Zen 5 are even half true, then there is still quite a bit of performance on the table for AM 5. I think having the socket released at the same time as DDR5 will also make it more likely to last longer, but of course nobody knows for sure. It would be nice though.

I wasn’t into PCs at the time, but AM3 was released in 2009, and AM4 wasn’t launched until 2016. Where there compatibility issues with newer AM3 CPUs on older AM3 boards?

Especially given the performance gains that are rumored for Zen 5. It’s supposed to be even bigger than the performance gain from Zen 3 to Zen 4 when we got the 7000 series processors, rumored at a 30% increase.

I’d be happy even if it was another 15% increase like the last generation, 30 would be insane if they actually hit that.

I haven’t updated past 1.0.0.7 c since the later ones so far have been focused on G sku CPUs. Nothing really came to benefit at least the X3D CPUs.

I haven’t updated past 1.0.0.7 c since the later ones so far have been focused on G sku CPUs. Nothing really came to benefit at least the X3D CPUs.

I would not recommend Asus for an AMD GPU. My top three would be Sapphire, XFX, and very surprisingly ASRock, all pretty much tied. They all perform similar at similar temps, the Sapphire will have better quality control and will run quieter than XFX, and I honestly just find the ASRock cards ugly most of the time. Replacing the fans would improve that a lot though lol.

Close following is Power Color, but this generation they perform slightly below the 3 I listed and haven’t been great at QC.

I have an XFX Merc310 because their price was stellar and their performance is on par with the best. Just a bit louder, but I use closed back headphones.