AMD launches B550 motherboards

Quartz · 21 Apr 2020 at 15:47

Announcement here. But we're going to have to wait.

These new CPUs come accompanied by the new B550 chipset, which will ensure more cost-effective motherboards for those building on a budget. B550 will be the only mainstream modern chipset to support PCIe 4.0, so you can still benefit from extremely fast SSD speeds. The Ryzen 3 series is coming in May, but B550 motherboards will be a little behind, with models from the likes of ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Colorful, GIGABYTE and MSI expected in June.

Quartz · 22 Apr 2020 at 12:00

hyperseven said:
Wouldnt it be best waiting for Zen3?

You can always wait. Or you can get on with it. A B550 launch in June means that they will be available for the next round of GPU launches this summer. Which, of course, will be PCIe v4. While the RTX Titan can't max out v3, I expect the next high-end GPUs will be limited by v3.

Quartz · 24 Apr 2020 at 09:01

robfosters said:
What about the X570? Is that not mainstream? You can pick them up for a couple of hundred quid.

X570 is premium / enthusiast, not mainstream.

Quartz · 24 Apr 2020 at 18:37

I do hope they're bringing B550 forward.

Quartz · 21 May 2020 at 20:11

willhub said:
I want to keep on trucking with my B350F, but worried about dead ends

It's going to be new motherboards with the Ryzen 5000 CPUs, so just don't bother with the 4000s.

Quartz · 21 May 2020 at 20:24

willhub said:
You rekon 4000 will be ok on a B350F?

No, I don't think 4000 series Ryzens will be supported on 300-series motherboards.