AMD carries since the departure of these Ryzen 3000 ensuring that the best option for the mid-range motherboards goes through the previous chipsets. But with its GPUs with PCIe 4.0 on the market, opting for these boards does not seem to be a very logical option and less for the future with SSDs with the same bus increasing its speed every 6 months.
For this reason and before the siege of Intel with its new 10-generation processors in short, the impact of AMD passes through its B550 and A520 chipset, of which we now know its specifications.
AMD B550 and A520: the mid and low range of boards will arrive shortly to the Ryzen 3000
It has been through an unknown motherboard in the western market under the SOYO brand, where we now know the specifications and support that both chipsets will bring to the market. Starting with the B550, apparently it will be a somewhat improved version of the already veteran B450 that we can find in stores.
AMD seems to want to boost the sale of this chipset for gamers on a lower budget, since it will allow its graphics cards to adopt PCIe 4.0 and at the same time SSDs will also benefit from this new version of the bus.
For those who do not have enough money to opt for the B550, A520 arrives, which will get PCIe 3.0 in all its slots, which ensures a much lower price due to the higher requirements in terms of electricity and signal checking that you need PCIe 4.0.
Logically, the boards that make up this chipset will not be prepared for overclocking, so AMD has decided to block this capacity in this chipset, where following the argument of price and features, they will not have support for CrossFire either.
Thus, AMD plans to unlock the full potential of the platform with these two new chipsets, which we understand will arrive on the market just before Comet Lake-S, initially reducing the possible sales that these Intel processors have and thereby boosting those of the Ryzen 3000.
We will have to be very attentive to the models that the brands will present and the characteristics that they give them, since both the phases and the VRM, as well as the cooling of these and the chipset will be elements that will determine the final prices and the performances in low scenarios. overclocking.
