What happened just now? More information on the upcoming premium X670 and X670E Motherboards from ASRock, Asus, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI was made public. The broad M.2-25110 slots, support for PCIe 5.0 and USB 4, and high-power supply designs are some of the standout characteristics. The fact that the businesses made no mention of their B650 motherboards, though, raises the possibility that they won’t go on sale at the same time as AMD’s Ryzen 7000 processors next month.
Board partners displayed some of the capabilities and designs of their future X670 and X670E motherboards at AMD’s most recent Meet the Experts webinar. Recall that AMD’s AM5 platform will accommodate processors with a TDP of up to 170W, 28 PCIe 5.0 lanes (x16 for graphics cards, x8 general-purpose lanes for storage and USB4/Thunderbolt 4 controllers, and x4 to connect to the chipset), up to four DisplayPort 2 or HDMI 2.1 outputs, and dual-channel DDR5 memory.
The X670E PG Lightning is the only new model that ASRock has announced, but they also discussed some of the new features that will be available on their X670E motherboards, such as USB4 ports with 27W fast charging, eight-layer PCBs, and an actively-cooled M.2 heatsink to prevent PCIe 5.0 SSDs from overheating.
The premium ROG Crosshair X670E Hero and the flagship ROG Crosshair X670E Extreme were two of the future motherboards that Asus displayed. They will have five M.2 slots each (some on separate add-in cards), amazing VRM solutions with 110A power stages (20+2-phase design for the Extreme, 18+2-phase for the Hero), and premium audio solutions based on the ALC4082 codec.
The Extreme contains nine USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10Gbps) connections, one USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 (20Gbps), two USB4 (40Gbps) ports, audio ports, 10GbE and 2.5GbE jacks, and Wi-Fi 6E antenna connectors on the rear panel. The Hero substitutes an HDMI port for the 10GbE jack.
A 22-phase VRM design, 105A power stages, two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, and four M.2 slots will be present in Biostar’s X670E Valkyrie (with two supporting PCIe 5.0).
The X670E Aorus Xtreme, X670E Aorus Master, X670 Aorus Pro AX, and X670 Aorus Elite AX were four motherboards that Gigabyte displayed. Each model will include a THB U4 Thunderbolt header and at least one larger M.2-25110 slot. It’s important to note that the X670E boards feature one PCIe 5.0 x16 slot apiece, whereas the X670 versions have PCIe 4.0 slots.
The flagship MEG X670E Godlike, MEG X670E Ace, MPG X670E Carbon Wi-Fi, and Pro X670-P Wi-Fi were the four motherboards that MSI discussed. With a 24+2+1-phase design and 105A power stages for the Vcore, the Godlike will feature the best VRM system of the group. A PCIe adapter card that supports two lanes and MSI’s new screwless M.2 heatsink are further noteworthy features SSDs with a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface M.2-25110.
These motherboards with AMD’s Ryzen 7000-series processors are expected to be available starting next month. Given that the firms haven’t yet made any announcements regarding them, the less expensive B650-based boards might be released at a later date.
