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I'm eyeing the Aorus ITX too, though £180 for a B550 board feels a bit too steep. Really wish i'd taken advantage of that Asus deal from a couple weeks ago now.
A520 boards should be arriving soon so hopefully some cheaper ITX options.
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Just realised we never got A420 boards. If the A520 boards are released alongside compatible Ryzen 4000 chips I may get one of them, unfortunately just like the GPU's and Zen 3 it's still probably 2-3 months away with consumer still none the wiser on when we can expect the products.
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Ive got an Aorus ITX on pre order but no idea when I'll get it
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Me too.
Fingers crossed we won't have to wait too much longer.
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I just had my Aorus ITX delivered.
Shame AMD have released the 4xxxG series to us plebs yet!
Just thought I would update, so I bought a MSI B550 Mortar (MATX) a little while back to replace a Asrock B450m Pro 4 (this had some dodgy audio issues which was returned/refunded) and have just received my Steam voucher codes from MSI (40 Euro + 10 Euro) which effectively made this a £110-£115 motherboard which with a great VRM design will also be able to support a future CPU upgrade with ease and have managed to much improve the timings on my RAM too.
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What was the MSI offer? I bought the same board recently, so wondering whether it's something I'm entitled too.
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Sounds like the A520 boards will be announced on Tuesday. Should be decent for budget building with a full Ryzen 3000/4000 support - could careless about PCIe 4.0.
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LTT have one, look in the AM4 and B550 tag https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1137619-motherboard-vrm-tier-list-v2-currently-amd-only/
I've seen this VRM DB sheet shared before too https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PuUWroxA0HvSSipsXlB8hnYkshxD8LdeO5EA6WLdOQw/edit#gid=0
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Double post, fgs
But manufacturers can still bring out the 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes from the CPU if running Matisse, right?
Renoir, being mobile-first, of course doesn't have any PCIe 4.0 in the first because of power consumption.
The TH review of Renoir had that Arlt system with a Asus B550 idling at 25W which is a nice 30W saving on Matisse, I think.
Will be interesting to see what A520 boards are like for efficiency, but reviews seldom cover that.
A 30W saving can add up to quite a bit for office or home office PCs.
That NUC like ASRock DeskMini with an A300 'chipset' idles at around 12W but then it also uses a 19V laptop power supply.
Been sitting on the B550 release for a while as I only need a bare bones board and don't plan on overclocking. Was quite disappointed when the first ones to come out were maybe 15% cheaper than x570 at best.
That was until two weeks ago when Gigabyte started sending out stock of the B550M-S2H. Very basic, only two RAM slots (great for memory overlooking though), and so far mine has been fantastic. I wouldn't recommend one with a 3950x or something but it's perfectly adequate for my 3600. More than happy at £85 delivered.
That was until two weeks ago when Gigabyte started sending out stock of the B550M-S2H. Very basic, only two RAM slots (great for memory overlooking though), and so far mine has been fantastic. I wouldn't recommend one with a 3950x or something but it's perfectly adequate for my 3600. More than happy at £85 delivered.
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My Gigabyte B550i Pro AX has been installed for a few days now, for some reason when I use the USB with my phone my phone rapidly connects/disconnects until I pull the plug, not sure what thats about
Its good to have Gigabyte fan control back though, no more messing around with fan profiles. Is it Winter? Yes, set all to Silent. Is it Summer? Yes, set all to Normal. Happy days.
Its good to have Gigabyte fan control back though, no more messing around with fan profiles. Is it Winter? Yes, set all to Silent. Is it Summer? Yes, set all to Normal. Happy days.
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**still sat in its box**
At this rate I'll end up buying a 4800x for my main PC in November, and swapping out the 3600 for the B550 ITX htpc!
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I imagine it'd be difficult to get all sticks working at that speed on a Daisy chain layout board.