AMD in its Computex 2026 presentation, celebrated 10 years of the Socket AM4 platform that kickstarted the company's long march to competitiveness with Intel in the desktop PC processor market, and its eventual domination. Socket AM4 supports the original "Zen" and "Zen+," across the Ryzen 1000 and ...
AM4 is not longevity. Its last-gen technology. AM5 debuted 4 years ago. What “last” means to you obviously does not seem to be the same to me, because you seem to think it means “still functions”, which the same could be said about a Commodore 64.
No one ever mentioned upgrading to AM5. This conversation was about AM6. Its about investing in a platform that has the potential to be upgraded 1 or 2 more times over the next 7-10 years instead of one that is already dead and can never be upgraded again.
I was using the term upgrade just in reference to the relative performance delta between the two platforms from the perspective of someone deciding between which one to invest in. When I personally am making a buying decision between different tiers of equipment, I think of the more expensive option in terms of ‘if it’s worth the upgrade’, even before any purchase has been made, if that makes sense.
You mentioned that you regret buying into a dead platform, AM4. AM6 does not yet exist, so your only other option when building/buying a new PC was AM5, and I’m pointing out that had you gone that route, it wouldn’t have made a monumental difference in most average gaming scenarios. It only would’ve made a large-ish difference unless you were also able to afford a top of the line GPU and/or stuck with lower resolutions.
Did you mean that you wish you had stuck with whatever you had before you built your AM4 system and waited until AM6?
You should scroll up and read again. My original comment was about when AM6 would be available.
No, I meant that I wish I had just bought into AM5 originally when it debuted, as is my current intention for AM6.
I’m aware you started it asking about AM6, but I was responding to your comment farther below about regretting going with AM4.
I’m basically just making the case that you didn’t really make that big a mistake going with AM4, is all.