I read up on it quickly, the issue is not intel lol... Its studios like EA pushing DRM protection, which fucks it up.
Its already patched on win11 and workaround exists for win10.
And even if it wasn't, i really don't play any of those shit games and never will. Can't remember last time i even touched an EA game.
I should also note, i dont use amazon for shit lol. It's just that part picker site who links it to amazon.
And the z690 board costs me 190 euro and is the best according to all reviews i've read. The x570 was 260 euro.
Never really said it was good value, i'm saying:
1. Never ever be an early adopter, you will just pay premium for no reason.
2. You can't even buy DDR5 memory if you wanted.
3. You won't buy any DDR5 memory next year either.
4. DDR4 is nowhere near end of life, it will be the standard for next years, read reasons above.
I also understand your confusion, i dropped that expensive mobo for this one: MSI PRO Z690-A DDR4, which is almost 100 euro cheaper for compared to the tomahawk.
Also. I dont want anything AMD, amd is shit and always have been shit lol.
Sure, you can argue some benchmarks in a vaccum and ignore power consumption, the cpu burning up, shit drivers and so on.
AMD is a budget brand, always has been and always will be.
For those young enough that goes "noo, you're wrong", no i'm not, this is history repeating itself again, like it did when AMD first came out like 15-20 years ago... Intel is catching up quickly again and soon AMD is back in the corner being budget brand.
So if you wanna recommend me smt, recommend intel, i dont care, i want intel