Hi there,
It's been AGES since I've been here. Have a question though. Now I'm an Intel fangirl so I'm familiar with Intels $$$/2 years but looking at AMD it looks more appealing. The idea of "future proofing" sounds neat. Get a motherboard with a X570 fancypants chipset and you're all set. Pair it with a Ryzen 9 3900x. Down the road, 4 years from now, pop a Ryzen 12 6900xx (double x) extreme with it's 200 cores in the motherboard. Sounds good right? So what's the catch? Besides the BIOS thing.
Does AMD change their socket every 5 years instead of Intels every 2 years or is AMD pretty solid on their design? Or, is AMD about to change their design like Intel does every 2 years?
How is AMD on their drivers? Typically I set it and forget it. If it works why break it?
Now not only am I an Intel fangirl but I'm also an Evga fangirl. They just know how to make solid products. Typically I get Evga motherboards. Evga doesn't make AMD motherboards though which is unfortunate. So who makes a good motherboard nowadays besides Evga ? Preferably something that has decent drivers. Nothing annoys me more than a vendor that doesn't know how to make their own products work.
I've been looking around but curious on actual experience from people. If you got time and would like to opine that would be cool.
Thanks!
It's been AGES since I've been here. Have a question though. Now I'm an Intel fangirl so I'm familiar with Intels $$$/2 years but looking at AMD it looks more appealing. The idea of "future proofing" sounds neat. Get a motherboard with a X570 fancypants chipset and you're all set. Pair it with a Ryzen 9 3900x. Down the road, 4 years from now, pop a Ryzen 12 6900xx (double x) extreme with it's 200 cores in the motherboard. Sounds good right? So what's the catch? Besides the BIOS thing.
Does AMD change their socket every 5 years instead of Intels every 2 years or is AMD pretty solid on their design? Or, is AMD about to change their design like Intel does every 2 years?
How is AMD on their drivers? Typically I set it and forget it. If it works why break it?
Now not only am I an Intel fangirl but I'm also an Evga fangirl. They just know how to make solid products. Typically I get Evga motherboards. Evga doesn't make AMD motherboards though which is unfortunate. So who makes a good motherboard nowadays besides Evga ? Preferably something that has decent drivers. Nothing annoys me more than a vendor that doesn't know how to make their own products work.
I've been looking around but curious on actual experience from people. If you got time and would like to opine that would be cool.
Thanks!