Will the new Ryzen CPU go well or even work with an M5A97 r2.0 motherboard? I know the CPU hasn't been released yet, but I'm not sure if that means I would need to get a new motherboard for it. Is the motherboard worth upgrading?
Ryzen is completely different and like CountMike said works with am4 only. That means ddr4 ram and the motherboards have made other improvements. Pcie 3.0, usb 3.1, basically catching up on all the features previously lacking on am3+.