AMD A620 motherboards to get very affordable? Two chipsets planned
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cucaulay malkin
b550 started at $99, a520 under $60. 125 dollars for the absolute bare minumum board is expensive.
asturur
The issue with 60$ dollar MB is that to add a profit you get a really bad MB with no support.
I don't care for overclocking features or PBO but the power delivery should at least be sufficient for the standard 100% performance out of the box.
GlassGR
is it me or the high prices trend is out of control ?
i mean the cheapest previous gen asrok x570 phantom that still sells costs 160 e.
whats next ,a 60 e mainboard with ps2 ports and vga output only ?
Venix
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-A320M-S2H-rev-1x#kf look at the support this puppy gets ! While I would never dare to put anything over 65 watts on this joke of a vrm this board has ..... I ended up getting credit from the rma and I kept this motherboard for nearly 2 years ! It was ROCK solid ! Resulting on getting my b550 mortar wifi almost free!
Edit: the CPU I was running on it was the Ryzen 1600 65watt tdp... I am pretty sure this board will be fine with a 5600(nonx) as far you stay @65watts .... Hell this board is going to become my father's PC to free replace his a3400 ... When I am not bored to do it 😛
I could not disagree more, when my b350 mate died due to my own fault ...I got this one until rma goes threw for 54 euros schmidtbag
GamerNerves
Cheap motherboards are not only missing features and beefy VRM, but they might have slower and lesser software support, cost cuts that result in higher speed memory being less stable, factory settings that need to be changed to get the best performance and they might have even some nasty things like inadequate shielding; once I used a cheap MSI motherboard that replicated electrical noises to analogically connected speakers just by moving an USB-connected mouse and I recall that a dedicated audio card was in use. On-board audio is usually automatically bad with cheap mobos, but there might be exceptions.
Don't go thinking that you can just enjoy perfectly fine PC with any cheap board just if the VRM is good enough - there might be some surprises ahead, but if some author has tested the board to be good, then smart cost saving is real, which make me excited about these upcoming A620 boards, since I seriously consider if I ever need PCI-E 5 in the next few years or even USB 4, which is another likely cost cut. Most likely for many, two M.2 slots that can do full PCI-E 4 x4 speed is going to be enough combined with eight USB ports. If better audio solution is needed, then a dedicated audio card can be bought and those who truly care about the best possible audio quality, likely already have an external device.
I really like AMD's presentation here, assuming they will offer the same long-term support for upcoming CPU generations on A620 too, at least for the lesser CPU models, but it is, as important as ever, to remember, that software suppport is dependent on the motherboard makers, since too often AMD gets the flak for their faults, even if AMD could sometimes be more consistent too in their own releases.
I'm eagerly waiting what these A620 boards will present and wish for a board that could safely handle a 150 W load, so that there is room for more powerful CPUs than only the 65 W ones, but even if a 65 W rated CPU would be the reasonable limit, it still enables very powerful CPUs to be used, assuming AMD continues offering such models in the future too, which is more than likely. For example the R9 7900 is amazing in power efficiency and a waste to pair with a beefy VRM without overclocking it (it consumes less than 90 W under load).
EDIT. Whoopsie! With AMD's presentation I refer to this picture from TechPowerUp's corresponding article. I have personally missed this "promise" before.
https://www.techpowerup.com/img/YEgIfGbgFuLF9ZQv.jpg
droopy_ro
tunejunky