AMD Unveils A620 Chipset for AM5 Platform with DDR5 Memory Support and PCIe 4.0 Lanes

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#6118315
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I can understand AMD removing overlocking and PBO from these low end chipsets. But removing Curve Optimizer is a terrible decision. I can only hope AMD changes this in a new AGESA.
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Curve Optimizer is a esencial part of a ryzen system just by removing it from this chipset i immediately dismiss it.
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It's more of a chipset for OEM's who are looking for 100,000,000 hours MTBF, only to be disappointed by the CMOS battery in the end...
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As someone who hasn't used a new Ryzen system (let alone on Windows), I don't really understand what's so appealing about Curve Optimizer as opposed to just a chip-wide undervolt from BIOS. From what I can tell, it's basically just core-specific undervolting, right? While I do care about my next rig being more efficient than overclocked, I doubt CO is going to save me much more than 10W over a chip-wide undervolt. Without PBO, part of me wonders how much CO really matters. Am I missing something here?
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Perfect solution to try and get more OEM units shifted. Has enough features for there modest home/office user.
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Did the second slide mispelled CHIPSET? It's missing the P. What the heck is CHI-set?! The lower cost version of CHIPSET? I actually do not mind it except I NEED 8 SATA ports to bring my old drives over... If it runs a 7800X3D at max turbo with low latency RAM and same FPS as the other chipsets, I am all in!
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Mmmmm what has the chipset have to do with OC and total CPU power???? Isn't that responsibility of the MB power circuits?? I might be missing something technical (I'm a software eng) but it feels as a shitty artificial limitation.... I'd personally love to get a A620 MB with decent power delivery for say 100, and couple it with a high-endish CPU.
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Product segregation that's why no PBO/overclocking/CO, if they gave those features then be no reason to buy higher end boards from B650/X670 series.
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Average user wont bother with overclocking anyway but for others its a deal breaker.
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TieSKey:

Mmmmm what has the chipset have to do with OC and total CPU power???? Isn't that responsibility of the MB power circuits?? I might be missing something technical (I'm a software eng) but it feels as a shitty artificial limitation.... I'd personally love to get a A620 MB with decent power delivery for say 100, and couple it with a high-endish CPU.
How far you can take your OC has to do with the quality of all associated components (VRMs, CPU silicon purity, PSU capacity, power cleanliness, capacitor quality, etc) but the ability to OC is an artificial limiter. That being said, the power delivery circuitry on a motherboard makes up for a large percentage of its cost. If these boards could support 135W CPUs (regardless of OCing), they would not cost $100.
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schmidtbag:

How far you can take your OC has to do with the quality of all associated components (VRMs, CPU silicon purity, PSU capacity, power cleanliness, capacitor quality, etc) but the ability to OC is an artificial limiter. That being said, the power delivery circuitry on a motherboard makes up for a large percentage of its cost. If these boards could support 135W CPUs (regardless of OCing), they would not cost $100.
Is a limitation becaue they are assuming that with a620 you will get a cheap mb with minimum current specification. Probably the entire family with more than 8 cores will be locked out.
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asturur:

Is a limitation becaue they are assuming that with a620 you will get a cheap mb with minimum current specification. Probably the entire family with more than 8 cores will be locked out.
I agree, though I would go as far as to say the 7800X3D wouldn't be a viable option either. Getting such a CPU or better is like putting regular gas and dry-rotted 10 year old tires on a high-end sports car - if you're going to spend big money, it doesn't make sense to start cheaping out where it will compromise performance and functionality.
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asturur:

Is a limitation becaue they are assuming that with a620 you will get a cheap mb with minimum current specification. Probably the entire family with more than 8 cores will be locked out.
That would still make it a valid 7800X3D board, and that's about as good as it needs to be for a gamer. But I'm not sold on the line yet, I want to see how the board partners actually spec their mainboards.