Perhaps in response to the overwhelming demand for DDR5 and the resulting price increase for PC hardware , ASUS is apparently planning to increase production of its B550 AM4 motherboards, which still rely on aging DDR4 RAM. This is according to a leak posted to Board Channels (via Videocardz ), which claims that ASUS will make changes to its supply chain and production in the first quarter of 2026 in order to increase DDR4 motherboard production. This may be an indication that ASUS doesn't expect DDR5 supply and pricing to return to normal anytime soon, which lines up with recent rumors that console makers are considering postponing next-gen console launches until DRAM supply has stabilized.

These plans will include both AMD's B550 and A520 motherboards, both of which use the venerable AM4 socket, and Intel's B760M and H610M-G, and the increased supply will apparently be dedicated to e-commerce channels rather than physical retailers. These motherboards will cover up to AMD's Ryzen 5000 CPUs and Intel 14th-Gen CPUs . At the time of writing, there has been no confirmation from ASUS that these rumors are true, but the AM4 platform has continued to receive support from AMD, with the most recent AM4 CPU, the Ryzen 5 5600F, launching as recently as September 2025 .