AMD Ryzen 7 Reviews: Low Supply Of Motherboards Explained

AMD Ryzen 7 was finally launched and can be purchased starting March 2. Expected to outrun Intel's Core i& processors, it is available in various models which would cost from $329 and up, according to Digital Trends.

The new CPU is allegedly selling well despite its poor reviews for not complying with gaming expectation. Being on Amazon's list of best-selling CPU, like the AMD Ryzen 7, isn't really shocking at all. Possibly because processor configuration fascinates hardware enthusiasts, regardless of the brand and seller.

In a report by Legit Reviews, most AMD motherboards based on the X370 and B350 chipsets are sold out and preordered. It seemed that all brands of motherboard's stocks are limited. Thus, builders, who opted to create their own AMD Ryzen 7 system, have seen it as an unexpected problem since they could not provide the motherboards.

Luckily, John Taylor, corporate vice president, worldwide marketing at AMD, affirmed that there should be an abundant supply of AM4 motherboards, hopefully in few weeks time, to meet the high global demand for AMD Ryzen 7. Although motherboards will soon be provided, certain motherboard makers don't buy into the "short supply" story. It might be true that the stock may not be enough, but it is rumored that one manufacturer specified the reasons behind the low motherboard supply is poor communication, support, and coordination.

In addition, Extreme Tech confirmed that an anonymous manufacturer stated that they couldn't launch the boards momentarily. It's due to some issues with the product's release date, which made the motherboard vendors frustrated about AMD Ryzen 7's worldwide launch. What's more, AMD secretly hid the total number of CPUs from the manufacturer, but later on revealed two weeks before its launch. It's been a while since the company introduced a new product so the anonymous manufacturer assumed that AMD might have overlooked the proper launching of new CPU.