Despite being just a humble CPU socket, AMD 'boldly suggests' AM4 has 'legendary status'

When it comes to grabbing headlines in technology, you normally expect it to involve new chips, architectures, power figures, or clock speeds. A graphics card, CPU, laptop or phone—those immediately garner lots of attention. But processor sockets? No, not really, though there's one that stands out as the exception and AMD even"boldly suggests" it has"legendary status."

"You have your ultra enthusiasts who upgrade every new generation of CPU with new hardware, then you have moderate enthusiasts, we maybe skip one year and then didn't do year after. So I guess there's basically something for everybody. But there is always awareness, as long as you can put it in the same motherboard. Keep the same cooler, keep the same RAM and still enjoy the next-generation performance to its fullest without having to upgrade any of the other ecosystem parts.

Of course, having such socket longevity is mostly only good for AMD, as well as motherboard and cooler vendors, as it helps to reduce some of the costs when updating designs. However, the number of PC gamers who keep the same board for many years, but frequently change the CPU, issmall—it's a niche market, even amongst PC gamers.

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