saltycroissant has managed to claim the #1 spot on HWBOT’s list of 16x 7-Zip ranking records with an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, and while the feat is probably notable in itself, the Canadian overclocker pointed out that he was able to accomplish this on the B650M-HDV/M.2—a B650 microATX motherboard from ASRock that only costs $139.99, according to retail listings found at the time of this writing. AMD offers two versions of the B650 chipset, including an Extreme version that promises additional PCIe 5.0 lanes for NVMe drives.
New overclocking record:
B650M-HDV/M.2 price history:
- High: $139.99
- Low: $109.99
B650M-HDV/M.2 features:
- Supports AMD Socket AM5 Ryzen 8000 and 7000 Series Processors
- 8+2+1 Power Phase, Dr.MOS
- Supports DDR5 7200+ MHz (OC)
- 2 PCIe 4.0 x16, 1 PCIe 4.0 x1, 1 M.2 Key E for WiFi
- Integrated AMD RDNA 2 Graphics
- Graphics Output Options: HDMI, DisplayPort
- Realtek ALC897 7.1 CH HD Audio Codec, Nahimic Audio
- 4 SATA3, 1 Blazing M.2 (PCIe Gen5x4),
- 1 Hyper M.2 (PCIe Gen4x4)
- 1 USB 3.2 Gen2 Front Type-C,
- 7 USB 3.2 Gen1 (2 Rear, 1 Rear Type-C, 4 Front)
- Dragon 2.5G LAN
- Supports ASRock Auto Driver Installer, BIOS Flashback
Comments:
- “Excellent. Best performance per dollar Mobo ever made?”
- “…great job! sleeper board :P”
- “Well done Salty. Congratulations on the Gold.That little 2 dimm Asrock board is something else :D”