Although many things run fine with Windows 10, Windows 11 is preferred for Alder Lake. The unique hybrid CPU design of Intel’s 12th-gen Alder Lake chips works best with Windows 11, which includes an updated scheduler (the part of the operating system that doles out work to the different CPU cores and threads) to support it.
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And yes, we know, Intel’s 12th gen LGA1700 will also see at least one more upgrade too, but just having this option on AMD rather than it being a dead-end socket adds to the Ryzen appeal. Combine the lower motherboard price with the promise of one more upgrade, and the Ryzen 5000-series CPU continue to be attractive. Ryzen’s warhorse AM4 motherboard socket was thought to be dead after Ryzen 5000 was first introduced, but AMD’s revelation that its first radical V-cache CPUs would be compatible with AM4 means that if you built a Ryzen 5 5600X system today, you could potentially drop in the V-cache version eventually. $299.00 at Amazon | $299.00 at Best Buy | $309.99 at B & H PhotoĬonsumers like the sound of a CPU upgrade path, even if very few ever actually do upgrade their desktop’s CPU. DDR4 memory remains plentiful and affordable-another way a Ryzen build can cost significantly less than a 12th-gen Intel system. Luckily, ahem, AMD would say you don’t need DDR5 to extract the very best from its Ryzen CPU, so you don’t even have to worry about making that horrible decision. Yes, there is DDR4 support for Alder Lake, and plenty to suggest it makes way more sense to go that route, but for folks looking for to pair their shiny new CPU with shiny new RAM, DDR5 pricing and supply constraints are a major issue today. Frankly, you’d probably find that leprechaun before you could locate DDR5 right now. Unfortunately, getting DDR5 is more difficult than finding a leprechaun wearing Air Jordan III OG kicks with a pair of green-bedazzled GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPUs hanging out his pocket. With 12th-gen, Intel introduced the first CPUs that support the newer, faster DDR5 RAM that gives you far more bandwidth, at least double the RAM density, and eventually far higher speeds too. That can greatly lower the overall cost of a similar Ryzen system in comparison. The capability of the cheaper motherboards aren’t equal, but neither are the prices, and right now Intel CPUs are sorely missing budget motherboard options.
You can get comparable AMD X570 motherboards in the $150 to $180 range, or go with no frills boards all the way down to $50.
Intel hasn’t released any mainstream motherboard chipsets yet either, so the enthusiast-class Z-series boards are your only option. It’s not crazy pricing, but you’re generally spending at least $180 for a Z690 Intel board, with most closer to $220. Although the CPU prices for Intel and AMD chips tend to be competitive, you definitely tend to pay more for a motherboard to run the new Intel 12th-gen chips.
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