ASUS Reassures X470/B450 Motherboard Users That Ryzen 5000 Series Support Is Coming

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Earlier today, a user on r/AMD posted an email from an ASUS product “specialist” who claimed that the Crosshair VII Hero, an X470 motherboard, wouldn’t be getting support for AMD’s new Ryzen 5000 Series processors. The response was pretty shocking, being that red team had promised Zen 3 updates for older chipsets (i.e., X470 and B450). What made things even worse is that the rep tried to sell the user on a Crosshair VIII Hero (X570) or B550 motherboard upgrade.



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[Dogsofjune]

I’d be a bit skittish doing a 5900x on my ASUS rog b450 strix boards. Hell, I’m not convinced it’d do a 3900X, based off what I have seen with a 2700x in them.

 

[SmokeRngs]

I’d be a bit skittish doing a 5900x on my ASUS rog b450 strix boards. Hell, I’m not convinced it’d do a 3900X, based off what I have seen with a 2700x in them.

I don't think there's any way I'd even remotely consider going with anything higher than 8 core in my B450-f Gaming motherboard. It's a low end motherboard and not setup for high end CPUs. I doubt I'd go with anything higher than the 3600x anyway. If I was going to go with something newer or better I'd be looking at x570 motherboards. The only reason I went with b450 in the first place was price.

 

[Dan_D]

You can generally get away with running a 3900X on the lower end motherboards at stock speeds. It's not ideal due to the VRM's running on the warm side and they won't be very efficient but it works. I have seen a 3950X run on an MSI X570-A Pro. Not a great idea, but it can be done.

 

[Dogsofjune]

I think I'd be happier running the fastest 65w processor in a b450 and leave it at that.
As I mentioned, even the 2700x I have in one of the boards I'm a bit leery with.

I can't imagine why Asus would think a Zen3 in an older generation was a practical idea.

 

[Dan_D]

I think I'd be happier running the fastest 65w processor in a b450 and leave it at that.
As I mentioned, even the 2700x I have in one of the boards I'm a bit leery with.

I can't imagine why Asus would think a Zen3 in an older generation was a practical idea.

The Ryzen 7 2700X isn't nearly as demanding as the 12 and 16 core Ryzen 3000 series. I'm not saying its great to put one on a board with ****ty VRM's and OC the piss out of it, but you'd be more than alright running it stock.