AMD A620 motherboard will make Ryzen 7000 CPUs a more affordable upgrade option

AMD's Ryzen 7000 processor line is great overall, but also quite 'picky' because they require a newer motherboard, forcing users to spend a fair amount of money to change the motherboard. . This is one of the barriers that makes it difficult for Ryzen 7000 to reach a large number of users, even though the market is very potential.

Understanding that difficulty, AMD has just introduced a new low-cost motherboard solution (from only 125 USD), but still ensures absolute compatibility with Ryzen 7000 Series CPU models.

Called AMD A620, this motherboard line will join the B650/B650E and X670/X670E as the new generation motherboard line supporting the 'Red Team' AM5 socket. In particular, the A620 is positioned as the lowest model, but still supports all the main features provided by the new AMD chip line, including socket AM5 as well as DDR5 RAM.

There will only be a few 'advanced' features omitted, but not too important for the majority of common users. For example, the A620 does not support PCIe Gen 5. Users can choose the older PCIe Gen 4 but still fast and stable. The motherboard has up to four SATA connections and 32 PCIe lanes, where you get a 16x slot for a graphics card and an m.2 slot for an NVMe PCIe 4 SSD. It also doesn't support overclocking CPU, although RAM overclocking via AMD EXPO is fine.

Temporarily setting aside the above shortcomings, the important thing is that the A620 can still exploit the full potential of the Ryzen 7000 CPU. These motherboards are very suitable for office PCs or low-cost gaming systems. The motherboard itself doesn't have much of an impact on performance, but you may be missing some of the features found in higher-end models, so some people may still prefer the more expensive B650 or X670 motherboard.

You can expect A620 motherboards to appear on global retail shelves in the coming weeks.

David Pac

Update 06 April 2024