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dmitche31958 I would love to see the ability to use my DDR4 memory in the DDR5 slot. I don’t care about a performance hit as I’m sure that upgrades from my old system to a newer one would compensate that. At least it would minimize the costs today for memory as well as future upgrades. Can you imagine not having to buy all new memory each time you want to move to a newer processor layout? Reply
vanadiel007 dmitche31958 said: I would love to see the ability to use my DDR4 memory in the DDR5 slot. I don’t care about a performance hit as I’m sure that upgrades from my old system to a newer one would compensate that. At least it would minimize the costs today for memory as well as future upgrades. Can you imagine not having to buy all new memory each time you want to move to a newer processor layout? You don't have to imagine. AMD has supported the AM4 platform for multiple generations with DDR4, and they have committed to the same multiple year support with their newer AM5 platform and DDR5. Reply
dmitche31958 vanadiel007 said: You don't have to imagine. AMD has supported the AM4 platform for multiple generations with DDR4, and they have committed to the same multiple year support with their newer AM5 platform and DDR5. I think you missed my point. I have an AM4 platform and I want an AM5 upgrade it would be nice to have a kit of some kind that would allow me to use my DDR4 on MOBOs that only support DDR5. I’ve been a longtime AMD user but I don’t upgrade my system enough thst it matters how long a platform is supported by AMD as by the time I want to upgrade memory factors have changed. Reply
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