re: PC Discussion - Gaming, Performance and Enthusiasts

A 3900x on an X370 board will last you a long time. Why would you need to upgrade right away? That is good for years

Look while this is disappointing, there is a legit issue with boards that don’t have adequate BIOS sizes. MSI had that issue with their boards this past generation. 3 cycles of CPUs is a ton of CPUs to support in a BIOS, let alone potentially another generation.

Motherboard manufacturers may have to rerelease boards like MSI did or cut support for CPUs in their existing boards with new BIOS updates to make things work for a new generation of CPUs.

For AMD, to say they will support something and then not to live up their word, is bad, and they should not make a habit of doing that.

But I can understand where they are coming from, as someone who designs and verifies hardware components (and produces a shitload of documentation) for a living.