Gigabyte is launching B550 AM4 motherboards and recommending four-year-old CPUs because the memory crisis is really that bad

Gigabyte Aorus B550M X motherboard on a yellow and orange gradient.

You don't need me to tell you the memory crisis is looking bleak, but, well, the memory crisis is looking bleak. So bleak, in fact, that Gigabyte has just unveiled a new series of AM4 motherboards. Yes, the socket we thought we'd be done with by now.

The B550 X Series, as Gigabyte calls it, is "engineered to be the most powerful refresh of the AM4 platform motherboard."