Question [STH][LTT] Lenovo vendor-locking AMD Ryzen-based CPUs, not just server, but workstation/consumer as well.

[VirtualLarry]

Lenovo Vendor Locking Ryzen-based Systems with AMD PSB

Lenovo is vendor-locking its AMD Ryzen based platforms with AMD PSB including its Ryzen Pro ThinkCentre Tiny platforms

www.servethehome.com

This is really an unfortunate development.

Here's a YT as well.

This is an excellent, information-packed video. One takeaway was that installing a non-PSB Ryzen CPU into a mobo that supported PSB, that the "new" non-vendor-locked CPU would then become vendor-locked!.

Edit: LTT actually tests vendor-locking in action on a Lenovo PC.

 

[scineram]

Bump for adding LTT video to OP, demonstrating the locking process in action.

Finally proof that not just Pro processors get locked. I kind of wish AMD changed that in the future.