sivispacem Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Because motherboards are only compatible with certain processors, and switching from AMD to Intel guarantees you'll need a new one. AMD Ryzen 5900X (4.65GHz All-Core PBO2) | Gigabye X570S Pro | 32GB G-Skill Trident Z RGB 3600MHz CL16 EK-Quantum Reflection D5 | XSPC D5 PWM | TechN/Heatkiller Blocks | HardwareLabs GTS & GTX 360 Radiators Corsair AX750 | Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic XL | EVGA GeForce RTX2080 XC @2055MHz | Sabrant Rocket Plus 1TB Sabrant Rocket 2TB | Samsung 970 Evo 1TB | 2x ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Q Acoustics 2010i | Sabaj A4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K^2 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Just to clarify, even switching between different CPUs from the same manufacturer may require a motherboard change. Making it even more likely if you are going from something old to something recent. Unfortunately, that also means you might need new RAM. At very least, you should double-check that RAM you have or are planning to buy is compatible with motherboard you are buying. Prior to filing a bug against any of my code, please consider this response to common concerns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andreaz1 Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 The CPU and the motherboard have to be of the same socket to go together, a CPU is only made to fit a certain socket. AMD currently uses sockets AM1, FM2 and AM3+. Intel released Skylake about six months ago which uses the brand new socket 1151. Older CPUs used 1150, 1155, 1156 and the list goes on. It might sound complicated but it really isn't and getting it wrong is difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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