AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series arrival is quick approaching, however not all the pieces is arriving without delay. AMD introduced the launch final month with the primary processors set to reach September twenty seventh. Solely the corporate’s prime finish X670 and X670E boards will likely be obtainable right now as AMD indicated extra inexpensive B650 and B650E motherboards would comply with in October.
We are going to quickly have a greater sense of how B650 and B650E capabilities will examine to the premium X670 and X670E options. AMD is internet hosting one other Meet The Consultants occasion on October 4th which can element the platforms and showcase particular merchandise from ASUS, ASRock, MSI, Gigabyte, and Biostar.
Naturally, B650 and B650E motherboards will likely be constructed across the new AM5 socket. These decrease value options could not have as many bells and whistles, however are nonetheless anticipated to supply lots of the premium options AM5 brings. New capabilities embody DDR5 reminiscence and PCIe 5.0 connectivity, a minimum of in some capability. We’ve already seen a differentiation between X670 and X670E whereby the latter gives PCIe 5.0 to an NVMe slot and two graphics card slots whereas the previous solely ensures the NVMe slot.
It’s unclear how precisely B650 and B650E will likely be differentiated, however we do know some one thing of the bodily distinction from the X670 variants. Particularly, the X670 and X670E each use two bodily chips to make up their chipset, whereas the B650 household makes use of only one. The repercussion is that B650-class motherboards may have half the obtainable I/O onboard.
We’ve excessive hopes that AMD’s EXPO reminiscence will likely be supported on B650 and B650E methods. AMD EXPO, or EXtended Profiles for Overclocking, is a brand new reminiscence overclocking profile akin to Intel’s XMP. Whereas EXPO is not going to be instantly interchangeable with XMP, it’s functionally equivalent in follow. Load the EXPO profile in BIOS and—voilà, overclocked reminiscence. The one caveat is that buyers might want to purchase particular EXPO profiled reminiscence modules, of which there will likely be a minimum of 15 kits from numerous distributors at launch.
We are going to make sure to comply with up with protection of AMD’s Meet the Consultants occasion overlaying B650 motherboards to substantiate any particulars that emerge. Upgrading from AM4 to AM5 is already going to be pretty expensive as shoppers need to spring for a brand new motherboard and pricier DDR5 reminiscence alongside their new silicon, so we hope B650 choices can meaningfully scale back the barrier to entry. AMD has indicated there must be choices obtainable from as little as $125 USD which is far more palatable than the $1,300 MSI Meg X670E Godlike.
