Close your eyes and imagine a world where motherboard sockets never changed, and you could re-use the same motherboard forever. Not stop imagining silly things. The best we can hope for is to have some kind of upgrade path beyond the current generation, but there inevitably comes a point when chip makers introduce a new socket. Intel just

Source: Hot Hardware – Intel Alder Lake-S 12th Gen GPU Socket May Abandon Newly Released Z490 Motherboards