Budget PC Builders Rejoice! AMD’s A620 Motherboards Are Here For Affordable AM5 Systems
Today, AMD and its partners are officially announcing their brand new A620 PCH motherboards in the Ryzen 7000 & AM5 family.
Since its launch, the AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs for the AM5 platform have targeted the premium segment with X670 and B650 class motherboards. Only at the start of 2023 did the company start to make the platform more lucrative for PC gamers by slashing prices of its new CPU lineup, offering bundle promos/discounts through its retail partners, and introducing more options such as Ryzen 7000 Non-X and X3D parts.
Starting today, AMD's motherboard partners are introducing more affordable options based on the A620 chipset. These new options drop PCIe Gen 5.0 support in favor of Gen 4.0 which makes sense since Gen 5.0 hardware is super expensive. Graphics cards currently don't support it and SSDs that utilize it are just too expensive and budget-tier options are still a year away. With that in mind, a PCI express 4.0 design is more than enough to meet budget users needs.
As such, the AMD A620 chipset will also feature no USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports and USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports will be limited to just two compared to 6 on the B650 series. The PCH will get 2 USB 3.1 Gen 2 ports and retain the 6 USB 2.0 ports. Pairing these entry-level boards with something like a Ryzen 7000 Non-X CPU or an X3D for pure gaming purposes would make for a super affordable yet super powerful PC.
ASRock is launching at least four AMD A620 motherboards which include the A620M Pro RS WIFI, the A620M Pro RS, A620M-HDV/M.2+, & the A620M-HDV/M.2. The first two motherboards utilize four-DIMM designs while the rest feature a two-DIMM design.
MSI on the other hand has just one motherboard, the Pro A620M-E which features a dual-DIMM design and we covered more
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