MSI’s B650 Linuep
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The Cost You Pay For AM5
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 requires the new AM5 socket which is only available on the new 600 series motheboards. Similarly, we need DDR5 memory as DDR4 is no longer supported. To add on to that, DDR5-6000, the sweet spot for AMD’s CPUs is expensive and rare to find. This raises a lot of eyebrows for AMD this generation. Intel on the other hand offers an effective price-to-performance ratio with Raptor Lake. AM5 is indeed an investment, however, the pricing is making it unfavorable for most consumers. This has been highlighted by many enthusiasts from around the world. We do hope that AMD comes out with cheaper AM5 boards since the Z690 goes for as low as $199.
