Monday, April 29th 2019
ASUS Reveals Listing of Motherboards, Chipsets Receiving Update for Next-gen Ryzen; A-Series Absent
ASUS today has posted a full listing of the motherboards that are receiving BIOS updates to allow for full compatibility with AMD's upcoming Ryzen 3000 series CPUs. These range across the B350, X370, B450, and X470 chipsets, with everything from ROG to TUF to Prime-branded motherboards receiving the support update. Conspicuously absent, though, are ASUS' A-series motherboards, based on the A320 chipset - despite it supporting the same electrical load as its B350 counterpart.
An ASUS remark claiming that "new models to be listed" gives some hope, but there have been unofficial rumors of A-series-based motherboards not supporting AMD's latest CPUs - and that ASUS claim could well be directed to some unlisted motherboards between the already mentioned chipsets.
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An ASUS remark claiming that "new models to be listed" gives some hope, but there have been unofficial rumors of A-series-based motherboards not supporting AMD's latest CPUs - and that ASUS claim could well be directed to some unlisted motherboards between the already mentioned chipsets.
46 Comments on ASUS Reveals Listing of Motherboards, Chipsets Receiving Update for Next-gen Ryzen; A-Series Absent
Its a bitter pill for them to swallow, and they have little choice in the matter as AMD gains market share.
Budget boards are never going to be given the same upgrade path as other options. When you spend money on any tech product, you kinda know what the future holds. Mainstream or top end will always be given longevity; cheaper options not so much. That's always been a steady rationale - if I buy an expensive product, it will be supported - not so much for the budget end. It is, after all, budget for a reason, whether or not you agree. That is the entire purpose of such a spread of models.
I like the compatibilty thing a lot! I also like how (if rumors are true) X570 will have a solid point to upgrade to.
Basically, it is a win-win-win.
As for the A320, it's a no-go by design. You only buy one of these if you are planning some kiosk or a small office on the cheap. You don't hope to put a new monster chip in 3 years later.
ffs
OEM is ASUS, designer and manufacturer (?) is AMD. That is not ASMedia that made the prevoius backdoored crap.
It's great that there's an upgrade path for those that want to go step by step, but personally, I'm getting a new board and a new CPU.
Also, the UEFI versions listed are not released yet, so it'll be interesting to see when they arrive.
I doubt A320 were popular enough for Ryzen users to begin with.
I wonder why there wasn't a x470 Crosshair Extreme board.
Its sad TUF are bargin bin
If someone wasn't going to OC, why would he pay these extra $10? It made no sense.
Well, if someone told him back then that $10 also gets him a possibility to upgrade, it might have affected his decision.And what if AMD replaces the whole lineup with Zen 2?
World doesn't revolve around high-end gaming models that you worship so much.Actually it did - but limited and OEM-only.
In fact ASRock has just launched the acclaimed DeskMini A300. Will it support Zen2? It seems extremely unlikely.
There is zero reason to deny the future CPUs to people using this chipset aside from greed. The fact that anyone would side with the corporation makes me sad. I have no idea if he'll ever upgrade his 1600 but hopefully regardless Asrock will have the decency to allow it.
I'm pretty sure A320 can run newer Ryzens (more or less) but mobo manufacturers decided (together) to drop support since it costs money to keep these boards alive, and it canibalizes the rest of the lineup.