Why it issues: Subsequent week, AMD will maintain a presentation which may give us extra particulars about its upcoming {hardware}. Afterward, at Computex, motherboard producers are anticipated to point out off their new merchandise based mostly on the AM5 socket.
Computex begins subsequent week, and this would be the first time in two years that the occasion shall be held in particular person, after being canceled in 2020 and being online-only final 12 months.
Dr. Lisa Su will maintain a keynote this Monday (or Sunday, relying on the place you reside) and should announce some new details about AMD’s upcoming Zen 4 CPUs, AM5-based motherboards, and even RDNA3 GPUs.
There are additionally some new rumors concerning AM5 motherboards, beginning with the chipsets. There’ll reportedly be three chipsets supporting Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs unveiled subsequent week, comprising the B650, X670, and X670E.
The 2 higher-end items will supposedly function a dual-chiplet design, combining two B650 chips for elevated I/O capabilities. Claims point out the primary distinction between the X670 and its “Excessive” counterpart is that X670E will function obligatory assist for PCIe 5.0 for each the graphics card and storage, with X670 relegated to Gen 4 for one or each.
All AM5 motherboards will reportedly solely assist DDR5 reminiscence, not like Intel’s LGA 1700-based boards, which include both DDR4 or DDR5 assist. Hopefully, by the point these come to market, DDR5 reminiscence shall be extra sensibly priced.
There’s additionally a press launch from Gigabyte confirming that it’s going to showcase X670 motherboards at Computex. Moreover, in a video that is now non-public, ASRock unintentionally revealed its flagship X670E Taichi board, which contains a 26-phase VRM design and Thunderbolt 4 assist.
