AMD Gigabyte AM4 X370 and B350M-D2 Motherboard Photos Surface

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/28/2016 09:56 AM | source: | 21 comment(s)

Yesterday we explained that AMD basically is invoking three motherboard chipset lines based on Socket AM4. These motherboards will be ready for Zen based Summit Ridge 8 core processors.

A couple of new details & photos have been shared on Korean website Bodnara. AMD is to release X370, B350 and A320 chipsets. Socket AM4 mainly will bring ZEN processors support for course, but also will evolve the PC infrastructure towards DDR4, NVMe M2 and USB 3.1 Gen 2 and sure, PCI Express 3.0 platform support.

AMD X370 Chipset (High-End) - So the most high-end chipset will be the X370 with that X for Extreme. This chipset will support Multi-GPU rendering (Crossfire and SLI) with two full x16 PCI Express slots (Gen 3.0). The chipset will support overclocking. Basically this is the chipset series you and yours truly will be after once Zen releases and yes you can expect a dandy overclocking software suite.
AMD B350 Chipset (Entry level to Mainstream) - If it has a B in the naming schema, you should think mainstream and that B for Business. A more generalized chipset that offers full performance, yet less tweaking options and often less PCI-Express lanes available, the mainstream series. For B350 some specs already have leaked, next tot the 8x Gen 3 PCI-Express lanes, it'll add/hook another 6 Gen 2 lanes through the chipset and will offer a wide varyity of USB connectivity. This motherboard series will offer 2 channel DDR4 memory we assume up-to 2400 MHz.
AMD A320 Chipset (SSF/Budget) - Then there is the A320 and A300 series. These are intended for value, budget and small form factor products. This chipset will offer 4 PCI-e Gen 2 lanes with 1+2+6 (USB 3.1 Gen2, USB 3.1 Gen1, USB 2.0) support. A300 should be the chipset for SSF computers (like tiny home theater builds etc).

Gigabyte GA-B350M-D2
So the photos that surfaced are based on the Gigabyte GA-B350M-D2 for and was intended to be an OEM Bristol Ridge product. B350 is an entry level towards mainstream series. The Gigabyte GA-B350M-D2 is based on a 4+3 phase design Mini You will see four SATA3 6Gbps ports. The audio solution is based on an 8 channel Realtek ALC887 high definition audio codec. The LAN jack seem to be managed by Realtek 8111G (Gigabit Ethernet controller).

Gigabyte X370 ?
There is a second set of photos, could be be showing a X370 and is again a Gigabyte motherboard, then again it might as well be a B350 board as it is showing one x16 and one x4 at the mechanical x16 PCIe slots. This one has a 4+3 phase power design, two PCI Express x16 Gen 3.0 slots (one x4 wired), an NVMe M2 and four DIMM (DDR4) slots. The audio solution is based on an 8 channel Realtek ALC887 high definition audio codec. The LAN jack seem to be managed by Realtek 8111G (Gigabit Ethernet controller).

Have a peek at the photos.

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Evildead666
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#5339433 Posted on: 09/28/2016 09:24 AM

Are you sure thats an X370 chipset, with the dual PCIex16 slots ?

it quite clearly says PCIex4 on the top of the bottom slot in the picture.

That would mean its not for crossfire/Sli ?

I would have expected X370 boards to be a bit more "complete" in their options too...

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#5339445 Posted on: 09/28/2016 10:15 AM

Those seem to be two cheap motherboards with a very simple layout designed for APUs, not something designed with gaming and overclocking in mind.
I hope to see reasonable prices at the release of Zen.

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#5339452 Posted on: 09/28/2016 10:50 AM

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#5339456 Posted on: 09/28/2016 10:55 AM

Not sure as mentioned in the news-item. But remember, these are two OEM motherboards, not retail.

yeah, but i would expect an X370 board to at least have two full x16 slots ?
Even on a microATX board.

edit : Ah, OEM, so made for pre-built systems.
All logic gets thrown out the Window with OEM builds....

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#5339475 Posted on: 09/28/2016 12:01 PM

Weirdest item on boards for me would be the PS/2 port. Can't believe some people still have such old peripherals in working order.

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#5339480 Posted on: 09/28/2016 12:23 PM

iirc the PS/2 port is very powerful in the number of keys pressed at once, and has obvious compatibility with older motherboards.

There was a latency thing as well, vs USB.....

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#5339534 Posted on: 09/28/2016 03:53 PM

Judging by the shots both mobos have the same chpsets with the following markings.

17A2
1612 D
NVA875.02
218-0891005-00

So most probably that are both AMD B350 based motherboards.

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#5339537 Posted on: 09/28/2016 03:58 PM

Weirdest item on boards for me would be the PS/2 port. Can't believe some people still have such old peripherals in working order.

And that's why you are "Newbie"

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#5339539 Posted on: 09/28/2016 04:03 PM

If these are the cheap low-end board, I'm already happy with what I see. Assuming Zen is good enough to buy, all I really want is a mini ITX board with:
* Decent overclockability
* At least 4x SATA ports
* At least 1 M.2 or U.2 slot
* At least 1 USB 3.1 port
* 5.1 analog surround sound; SPDIF would be nice too
* Gigabit ethernet (though that's kind of a given...)
Nothing else really matters to me at all. I'm sure I'll encounter something that has what I want, it's just a matter of how long do I need to wait for a board like this to be released. Zen is already released much later than I prefer.

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#5339595 Posted on: 09/28/2016 06:39 PM

Damm This really has me hyped-up for Zen now, cant wait!

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#5339732 Posted on: 09/28/2016 11:45 PM

Please, people still saying X370 will give 32-PCIe 3.0 lanes, remenber the main PCIE controller is on the SoC/CPU AMD not on the chipset, that chipset is just a HUB actually conected to the Bristol Ridge SoC via 4x PCIE 3.0 lanes, this boards are low to mid end, maybe Zen SoCs and X370 Will be connected via 8x PCIE 3.0 lanes to give higher bandwidth, possible high end motherboards has Black socket and Zen SoCs 24 to 32 lanes for dGPUs on SLI/CF, 24 lanes would 3 x8 or 1 x16 + 1 x8 and 32 lanes 2 x16 or 4x
8 or 1 x16 + 2 x8 to no SLI lost, other thing high end motherboards does'nt hace just 3+1 phases without heatsink, these boards looks low end because mid end Gigabyte boards has 4+1 mimimal phases and heatsink... I wait 6+2 (<95w) and 8+2 (125w OC series) for high end motherboards

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#5339797 Posted on: 09/29/2016 04:59 AM

These pics look sexy to me.

Just glad to see AM4 boards out and about, even though we cannot buy them yet.

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#5340693 Posted on: 10/01/2016 10:46 PM

they should just jump ahead and bring the 5gbit ethernet ports with it

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#5372324 Posted on: 12/18/2016 12:11 AM

I'm thinking those Gigabyte X370 boards were built for one intention only, for AMD's New Horizon media event. You don't really need a lot of fancy features for a product only intended to introduce another product. All AMD needed from Gigabyte was a few slots and a working X370 board, so they could both showcase RyZen and a single Vega sample card.

Consumer features will come later in 2017 when they finally release RyZen to the public. That will be when we see what they have planned for us consumers. Let's hope they go all out on these new chipsets this time around, especially the X370.

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#5372331 Posted on: 12/18/2016 12:37 AM

some oldschool looking cpu socket

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