First Look! The 5 Coolest Flagship AM5 Motherboards for AMD's Ryzen 7000 CPUs
Fall is right around the corner, which means we're nearing the launch of AMD's much-anticipated AM5 desktop platform and accompanying Ryzen 7000 processors. At Computex 2022 and since, we were given small glimpses of what the Ryzen 7000 series and new architecture have to offer, but until now we've paid less heed to the motherboards that will hold these chips.
That changed with a preview event AMD held on August 4, giving the major motherboard makers a chance to show off their best upcoming designs. Now that the hardware launch is getting nearer, it's time we take a closer look at the platform and some of the cutting-edge desktop flagships that AMD's board partners will introduce in the second half of this year.
AMD gave us an overview of the AM5 platform and the chipsets that will be launched for it. AM5 will ship with support for PCI Express 5.0, DDR5 memory, and USB 3.2 Gen 2x2, which largely creates feature parity between AM5 and Intel's 12th Generation "Alder Lake" platform, based on the LGA1700 socket. We also know that there will be at least three AM5 chipsets at launch: the B650, the X670, and the X670 Extreme (or X670E).
The B650 is likely to be the most budget-friendly option in the group, and exactly which features it will support are still a bit murky. It will have PCI Express 5.0 and DDR5 support, but we can't say anything else about it for sure. The AMD X670 and X670 Extreme chipsets, though, are clearer plays: They are targeted at enthusiasts, with the Extreme model designed as a more-premium overclocking solution than the standard X670.
Other than extra overclocking support, the differences between the X670 and X670 Extreme are also unclear. We've heard the X670 Extreme described as supporting the use of
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