Thursday, March 9th 2023
First AMD AM5 motherboard now available under $125
While AMD was promising cheaper AM5 motherboards back in August last year, specifically talking about a starting price of $125, it took some time before we actually got them, as now, ASRock's B650M-HDV/M.2 microATX motherboard is listed at $124.99.
The motherboard in question is still not available and it has a launch price of $139.99, but has been discounted down to $124.99 on Newegg, which means it still fits the "starting from $125" announced by AMD during the launch of Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Previously, the cheapest motherboard, based on the same B650 chipset, was listed at around $150.
The motherboard listing was rather proudly pointed out by David McAffee, AMD's CVP and GM of Ryzen channel business, over at Twitter. He also noted that his "timing might have been a bit off," but nevertheless, it should be available soon.
The ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 is a microATX motherboard with 8+2+1 Dr.MOS VRM, supports up to 64 GB of DDR5-6400+ memory in two slots, and can happily run AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Bear in mind that the B650 chipset lacks PCIe 5.0 support for graphics cards but does come with PCIe Gen 5 x4 M.2 slot. This means that you get one PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 4.0 x4, and one PCIe 4.0 x1 slot, as well as one M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 5 x4. There is also another M.2 2230 for WiFi/BT PCIe module, one M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 slot, and four SATA 6 Gbps ports.
The rest of the specifications include a couple of USB 3.2 Gen 1 and Gen 2 Type-C and Type-A ports, a couple of standard USB 2.0 ports, Dragon 2.5 Gb Ethernet based on Realtek's RTL8125BG chip, and 7.1-channel Realtek ALC897 audio.
Priced at $124.99 for pre-orders is definitely a good deal, as the next in line is Gigabyte's B650M DS3H motherboard which is similar and selling at $149.99, also on Newegg.com. In Europe, the least expensive AM5 motherboard over at Mindfactory is the ASRock B650M PGR, listed at €182.72, while the least expensive available motherboard is the MSI PRO B650M-A WiFi, selling at €200.99.
Sources:
David McAffee (Twitter), via Videocardz.com
The motherboard in question is still not available and it has a launch price of $139.99, but has been discounted down to $124.99 on Newegg, which means it still fits the "starting from $125" announced by AMD during the launch of Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Previously, the cheapest motherboard, based on the same B650 chipset, was listed at around $150.
The ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 is a microATX motherboard with 8+2+1 Dr.MOS VRM, supports up to 64 GB of DDR5-6400+ memory in two slots, and can happily run AMD Ryzen 7000 series CPUs. Bear in mind that the B650 chipset lacks PCIe 5.0 support for graphics cards but does come with PCIe Gen 5 x4 M.2 slot. This means that you get one PCIe 4.0 x16 slot, one PCIe 4.0 x4, and one PCIe 4.0 x1 slot, as well as one M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 5 x4. There is also another M.2 2230 for WiFi/BT PCIe module, one M.2 PCIe Gen 4 x4 slot, and four SATA 6 Gbps ports.
The rest of the specifications include a couple of USB 3.2 Gen 1 and Gen 2 Type-C and Type-A ports, a couple of standard USB 2.0 ports, Dragon 2.5 Gb Ethernet based on Realtek's RTL8125BG chip, and 7.1-channel Realtek ALC897 audio.
Priced at $124.99 for pre-orders is definitely a good deal, as the next in line is Gigabyte's B650M DS3H motherboard which is similar and selling at $149.99, also on Newegg.com. In Europe, the least expensive AM5 motherboard over at Mindfactory is the ASRock B650M PGR, listed at €182.72, while the least expensive available motherboard is the MSI PRO B650M-A WiFi, selling at €200.99.
26 Comments on First AMD AM5 motherboard now available under $125
How's bifurcation support on AMD's non X-series chipsets this generation?
have fun with that.
Other should take note.
So, ASRock at times puts form over substance.
Besides, I could put in a 4600g now and change it to a 5800x3d later, but by the time the CPU is inadequate then chances are I'd buy a whole new system anyway.
Like there are people using 350\450 AMD boards with the newer 5 series.
Promising job from Asrock, I think, since the VRM always needs to be checked first before a conclusion. Budget boards are in the current market space the thing! Tech media please cover the most promising budget stuff!
Sadly though I expect we will only see it on bottom tier boards like this.
Give me a PCIE4 AM5 board with full USB load out, at least 4 PCIE slots, 8 SATA ports for under £250, then I am interested.
In the consumer-space, there's nothing 5.0 availible, yet. Even then, only 5.0 on the M.2, with Gen4 drives falliing fast?
So, from a 'normal customers'' perspective, yes.The answer lies in the second part of my post: one can 'split' that x16 5.0 and expand to one's content.
While the kit stays spendy for a few years, there's lots of surplus Gen3 and incoming Gen4 Switch/NVMe RAID cards. Not to mention the dregs of GPU mining's 'ancillary needs'.
Personally, I use retired server and mining kit, for fun. (I'm weird, it's okay if you can't relate.). Regardless, there are some legit uses for why I and other customers would like bifurcatable-latest-gen x16.
-SOHO/Sm.Biz server boxes come to mind. (more than few of my 'retro' purchases have included mid-tier 'enthusiast' boards, clearly used as a server in an office, etc.)