Alongside the new Zen 4 CPUs, AMD has revealed more information about the AM5 platform and the budget B650 and B650 Extreme motherboards that are coming soon.
AMD has just announced the upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors, and alongside them, new motherboards that will accommodate the freshly released AM5 socket.
Aside from the already expected high-end X670 motherboards, AMD has also confirmed that B650 and B650 Extreme boards are around the corner too, bringing new levels of performance to a more budget-oriented platform with full overclocking support. Here’s what we know about them.
With the new Zen 4 platform, AMD is finally saying goodbye to the AM4 socket and moving onto AM5. However, it will retain compatibility with AM4 coolers, making the switch a little bit less costly — although needing to use DDR5 RAM will eat up the savings on not needing to buy a new cooler.
As it has been previously confirmed, AM5 will support DDR5 RAM exclusively, unlike Intel Alder Lake and Raptor Lake, which will continue to support both DDR4 and DDR5. AMD also promises access to PCIe Gen 5.0, officially taking the leap into the platform’s future. Previous leaks told us that we can expect up to 24 PCIe 5.
