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And the motherboards from two years ago (AM4) will support the latest Zen2 / Ryzen 3000 series CPU[0]. Meanwhile intel changes the socket every generation which adds another $100-$300 to the cost of a CPU upgrade.

[0] double check your board manufacturer for bios updates to support new CPU, my cheap B350 board does.

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Helpful link for knowing which motherboards are able to get their bios flashed to support Zen2 without an installed CPU/memory:

https://redd.it/bvfo57

This is unfortunately not helpful to those of us who haven't made the jump to AMD yet :(

It's been 24 years since you could use an Intel or AMD processor on the same motherboard and some people just can't get over it.

Well the good news is you can pick up a very inexpensive board now, even a used one, and it will be compatible with the latest CPU. I bought my motherboard July of 2017 and will be upgrading my CPU to a Ryzen 3000 after 7/7 launch.

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