Gigabyte Shows a rather unique B550 Vision D motherboard
Gigabyte announced a new B550 ATX motherboard called the VISION D, intended for creators. The mainstream motherboard pops out of the rest mainly by its looks.
The network is equipped with dual gigabit LAN by Intel chip and wireless LAN function by Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200. It also has a USB Type-C port.
Expansion slots are PCI-Express 4.0 (x16) x1, PCI-Express 4.0 (x8/x16) x1, PCI-Express 3.0 (x4) x1, and multi-graphics support AMD CrossFire X. The board has been tested and passed the NVIDIA Quadro QVL test and as such is guaranteed to work with workstation graphics cards.
The main specifications are DDR4-3200 x 4 (up to 128GB/ECC compatible) memory slot, M.2 x 1 (PCI-Express4.0), M.2 x 1 (PCI-Express3.0), SATA3 storage. Equipped with 0 (6Gbps) x4, each M.2 slot is equipped with a metal heat sink. The audio chip is Realtek "ALC1220-VB", the board size is 305mm in height, 244mm in width, and the OS is compatible with Windows 10 64bit version. Pricing is TBA.
- Socket: Socket AM4
- Chipset: AMD B550
- Form factor: ATX
- Memory slot: DDR4-3200 x 4 (up to 128GB/ECC compatible)
- Expansion slot: PCI-Express4.0 (x16) x1, PCI-Express4.0 (x8/x16 shape) x1, PCI-Express3.0 (x4/16 shape) x1
- Storage: SATA3.0 (6Gbps) x4, M.2 x 1 (PCI-Express4.0), M.2 x 1 (PCI-Express3.0)
- LAN: Gigabit LAN x 2 (Intel chip), Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200
- Sound: HD audio (Realtek ALC1220-VB)
- Interface: Gigabit LAN x2, USB3.2 Gen.2 Type-Cx2, USB3.2 Gen.2 Type-Ax2, USB3.2 Gen.1 x 4, USB2.0x2, audio terminal x5, optical audio terminal x1, PS/2 ×1, DisplayPortx1, HDMIx1
- External dimensions: vertical 305 mm, horizontal 244 m
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Industrial/minimal design seems so refreshing after decades of all the graffiti type slogans, eagle heads and dragons in consumer oriented performance parts.
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No rgb, unique design? This board sucks.
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I hope you are trolling. There are millons of motherboards that have that puke RGB option, go get those.
Let there be some motherboards for grown-ups too.
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Great. And a PS/2 port. Because, 2000
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I would prefer it if the white heatsinks where single piece, but overall I like the design direction.