FINALLY, inexpensive AM5 motherboards ought to present up! Indeed, a motherboard signed ASRock is displayed at $125 in promotion ($140 with out) at Newegg. Here is the B650M-HDV/M.2, a mannequin that may doubtlessly persuade you to change to Ryzen 7000!
B650M-HDV/M.2 lastly an inexpensive motherboard in AM5… It was about time!
With its new card, the Taiwanese model presents us a mannequin in micro-ATX format. Moreover, we really feel that sacrifices have been made, particularly when it comes to RAM with the presence of two DDR5 slots in 6400 MT/s. For its card, the model opts for a B650 chipset, so we’ll skip the PCIe 5.0 and solely discover a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot for the graphics card. In addition, we’ve M.2 in PCIe 5.0 x4 by way of the chipset.
Otherwise, the remainder of the connectivity highlights 4 SATA III for storage. They can be complemented by an M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 in addition to a final one for a WiFi module. Finally, for the PCIe, we discover a port x1 in 3.0 and a port x4 in 4.0 by way of a x16 connector.
Concerning the ability provide, we are able to rely 8+2+1 energy provide phases with Dr.MOS. In addition, the cardboard has fairly giant heatsinks, it stays to be seen if they’re efficient.
On the again, the cardboard presents DisplayPort and HDMI video outputs and a helpful Flashback bios button. Otherwise, we’ve a USB-C 3.2 Gen1 adopted by two USB-A 3.2 Gen1 and 4 USB-A 2.0s shut the deal. For audio, a Realtek ALC897 chip whereas the community is entrusted to Realtek RTL8125BG “Dragon” in 2.5 Gbps.
For the value, we advised you: $125 on sale, $140 with out… With this card, AMD lastly retains its promise of inexpensive AM5 motherboards. I can’t watch for others to comply with ASRock’s lead!
Here is the ASRock datasheet !
