Gigabyte has quietly launched one of many business’s first cheap motherboards for AMD’s AM5 processors in Mini-ITX form-factor. Probably the most surprising peculiarity of Gigabyte’s A620I AX motherboard — primarily based on AMD’s low-cost A620 chipset that solely helps important options — is that it helps AMD’s top-of-the-range Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X processors.
Regardless of its positioning as an entry-level motherboard for AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series CPUs primarily based on the Zen 4 microarchitecture, Gigabyte’s Extremely Sturdy A620I-AX can deal with all of AMD’s AM5 CPUs launched up to now, together with comparatively cheap Ryzen 5 7600 with a 65W TDP in addition to range-topping Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 3D V-Cache rated for 120W and Ryzen 9 7950X rated for 170W. On condition that AMD’s A620 platform just isn’t meant for overclocking, the Ryzen 9 7950X can’t be overclocked on this motherboard, however even help of this CPU is surprising.
AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series CPUs are hungry for reminiscence bandwidth and the UD A620I-AX doesn’t disappoint right here because it comes with two slots for DDR5 reminiscence that formally help reminiscence modules rated for as much as DDR5-6400 and with EXPO profiles. Excessive-performance DDR5 DIMMs will probably be useful not just for Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7 CPUs geared toward demanding players, however will even be useful for reasonable PCs working AMD’s upcoming AM5 APUs with built-in graphics as reminiscence bandwidth is essential for built-in GPUs. The motherboard even has two show outputs to help iGPUs.
Talking of gaming, the UD A620I-AX motherboard naturally lacks any sort of PCIe Gen5 help, but it surely does have a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot for graphics playing cards and an M.2-2280 slot with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface for SSDs. For individuals who want extra space for storing, the platform has two SATA ports.
As for total connectivity, the UD A620I-AX motherboard encompasses a Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth adapter, an 2.5GbE port, USB 3.2 Gen1/2 ports (together with a Kind-C port), and audio connectors. Whereas this will likely not appear a lot, entry degree gaming techniques don’t use a variety of high-performance peripherals anyway. Moreover, AMD’s A620 platform doesn’t help USB4.
Pricing particulars for the UD A620I-AX are usually not but obtainable, however some early stories counsel that it is going to be priced beneath/round $100, like different A620-based choices. In the meantime, given help for high-end Ryzen 9 processors and Mini-ITX form-factor, it’s doable that Gigabyte might cost a premium for the UD A620I-AX. Due to this fact, it stays to be seen how moderately priced will this motherboard be when it hits the market.
