Product Showcase
This X470 motherboard will get you six SATA 6 Gb/s storage ports. Sitting left of the PCIe x16 slot are two M.2 slots as well, using x4 PCIe lanes directly from the CPU thus 32 GB/sec of performance (primary slot), the secondary slot uses PCIe 2.0 and is slower. There are plenty of USB 3.1 ports available through internal motherboard connectors, including USB 3.1 Gen 2, the fastest with a 10 Gbps connection.
Here we can see the four DIMM slots which offer support for dual-channel DDR4 memory up to an advertised 3466 MHz (with Zen+). You can install a maximum of 64 GB in total. Given the nature of Ryzen and its CCX interconnect tied to the memory speed, we do recommend high-frequency memory. Please make sure you get a 3200 MHz kit.
The chipset is covered by a way too busy heatsink, that one actually leads to the primary M2 slot as well:
Here you can see an 10cm type 2242/2260/2280/2210 slot. Delivering up to 32 Gb/s data transfer speed per connector. So it supports PCIe 3.0 x4 (Ryzen series processors).
The 2nd M2 slot does not come with a thermal shield, unfortunately, and neither is it full speed, we'll demo this in the benchmark sessions. So be aware: the 2nd slot is shared with the chipset and slower.