MSI Betrays AMD's Socket AM4 Longevity Promise: No Zen2 for 300-series?

[AsRock]

Greedy motherboard vendors such as MSI

And who else ?, we need this confirmed. Were is it pointed that OTHER company's are involved in this ?.

IF it turns out true i just will not buy MSI products, it's just that simple and that goes for any other company too.

Seems like more rumor and click bait atm.

 

[MeChGanG]

One thing about asus and intel on amd..
I've got an fx8350 with an asus crosshair V formula-z mobo and an very good intel onboard Ethernet chip.
But the onboard ethernet chip has been proven unusable, cause of lack of support for windows 8 and 10.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Fixed that for you.

I really miss ABit, Albatron, DFI and QDI.

DFI lanparty baby! Lasted like 10 yrs OCed. MSI wishes they could last 5.

 

[king of swag187]

Oh? Whats that? The main reason for ryzen is no longer true? Is this... possibly.... AMD copying intel?

 

[Leonardo Oscar Morellato]

well, hope AMD can force them to comply

 

[notb]

Well.. everyone is attacking MSI. And maybe they'll back down. But what if other motherboard makers do the same?

For years we had this great status quo: Intel changed sockets, mobo makers sold a lot of motherboards.
Now AMD crowd wants to keep their motherboards for longer. But will they be willing to pay more? Because how exactly are companies like MSI going to make money on this?

And this is all happening in a context of OEMs not very keen to invest into AM4 platform. I wonder why...

 

[newtekie1]

Saw this coming back when AMD announced they'd "use" AM4 for at least 10 years. I said then, just because they were going to keep using the socket doesn't mean the old motherboards will support the new processors.

 

[R0H1T]

AMD never said anything about 10 years.

And this is all happening in a context of OEMs not very keep to invest into AM4 platform. I wonder why...

Which runs contrary to recent leaks ~ ASUS and ASRock AMD X570 Chipset Motherboards Listed

 

[notb]

well, hope AMD can force them to comply

Or they can show AMD the finger.
Any motherboard maker can afford to be Intel-exclusive.
Can AMD afford losing the (AFAIK) 2nd largest DIY mobo manufacturer?

 

[Spencer LeBlanc]

i smell a lawsuit, where the lawyers get paid out. We get $10 rebates..

 

[EarthDog]

i smell a lawsuit, where the lawyers get paid out. We get $10 rebates..

LOL, I don't.

 

[slehmann]

This is going to be some bad PR for MSI, that is a shame. Looks like I will roll ASRock for my x570 board.

Good choice.
I bought my ASRock X370 Killer SLI just when the first Ryzen CPUs were available. And also equipped it with 64GB of RAM.
It ran flawless from the start, even when media was full of memory incompatibility issues with Ryzen at that time.
Will buy my next board also from that brand.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Or they can show AMD the finger.
Any motherboard maker can afford to be Intel-exclusive.
Can AMD afford losing the (AFAIK) 2nd largest DIY mobo manufacturer?

MSI is a joke. If they disappear everyone else will just sell more. There's nothing must have or special about them.

 

[moproblems99]

Oh? Whats that? The main reason for ryzen is no longer true? Is this... possibly.... AMD copying intel?

I suppose that could be true if MSI spells AMD.

 

[1usmus]

You are now the victims of deception. The man made himself popular on a fictional problem.
Support will be for all motherboards with no exceptions.

 

[RH92]

I let my experience speak for me, it's not about hatred, fanboyism or anything else, MSI has poor quality control from my experience and my wallet stopped opening for them.

I respect that , personally i've owned several motherboards from them and all have worked flawlessly and served me well for years so that proves a point , mileage may vary from customer to customer , im sure there are plenty of peoples who like you have had bad luck with them the same way im sure there are MUCH more people for whom like me everything has worked well , that's true for all manufacturers but my point still stands you can't say MSI sells crap products based of your personal experience since you don't become market leader by selling crap products !

 

[B-Real]

Easy solution: buy another manufacturer's motherboard. ASRock may be the best anyway.

 

[Paganstomp]

this topic is getting hotter then the Notre Dame Cathedral....

 

[Metroid]

Well.. everyone is attacking MSI. And maybe they'll back down. But what if other motherboard makers do the same?

For years we had this great status quo: Intel changed sockets, mobo makers sold a lot of motherboards.
Now AMD crowd wants to keep their motherboards for longer. But will they be willing to pay more? Because how exactly are companies like MSI going to make money on this?

This is for amd to decide, will amd betray its consumers like intel did? Only time will tell us. Remember that being the underdog is something entirely different to when you are leading it.

"AM4 was launched in September 2016 " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socket_AM4

Lets see how long am4 will last.

 

[ssdpro]

"ASUS and Gigabyte just confirmed they are doing the same. RIP AMD."

Seriously... that is what it is like in Intel rumor comment sections. This is just wild speculation - calm down. "Betrays"?!??!!?

 

[GoldenX]

If it's true I will engage Karen Mode and demand either a B450 or my money back.

 

[Metroid]

If this is bound by manufacture, lets see how asrock behaves, asrock usually is the only one who stands for consumers.

I myself will buy a x57 because of pcie4.0 and navi might be linked.

 

[TheOne]

Can't wait to see how this plays out.

 

[RH92]

Easy solution: buy another manufacturer's motherboard. ASRock may be the best anyway.

Too many people praise Asrock for no real reason imo . Asrock has good hardware but that's where it ends , their bios on AM4 has been a joke , updates that brake more things than they do fix and take ages to come , abisimal ram compatibility , missing bios options ( on b350 / 450 ) etc etc so yeah what's the point to have good hardware if the software doesn't follow ? Obviously that varies depending your expectations and how hard you pushing your board but yeah ......

In my book ASUS has the best combination of hardware/software on AM4 second comes MSI , would like to have EVGA as an option but sadly they don't make AM4 .

 

[notb]

AMD never said anything about 10 years.
Which runs contrary to recent leaks ~ ASUS and ASRock AMD X570 Chipset Motherboards Listed

Yeah... it's always such a huge news when someone launches an AMD product... Or leaks a launch...

ASUS and ASRock already make similar products with existing AMD chipsets. I don't see how this could be surprising.

Also, "making" doesn't really equal "selling". ASUS clearly promotes Intel in their products. It's the mainstream CPU brand. AMD is just an alternative for a particular niche.