Motherboards based on X870 and X870E, the latest in AMD’s increasing lineup of premium Socket AM5 chipsets, will not be available when the first Ryzen 9000 Series processors arrive at retailers this July, according to several motherboard manufacturers who have spoken during this week’s COMPUTEX event. Prospective customers can look into the existing 600 Series from the usual manufacturers, many of whom have already rolled out new BIOS updates that add support for AMD’s new Zen 5 CPUs.
From a report (machine translated):
- “After talking to some motherboard manufacturers, it becomes clear why: The motherboards with X870 and X870E chipsets will not be available when the Ryzen 9000 processors are launched.”
- “AMD will launch the new models with the boards that are already available. But new motherboards are not really necessary, because the new chipsets do not offer any significant improvements or innovations.”
- “Although the Ryzen 9000 processors are supposed to enable a higher memory clock, the memory controller and the layout of the motherboard play a more important role here than the chipset.”
AMD on its new chipsets:
- AMD X870E Chipset
- “When only the fastest will do, an AMD X870E motherboard delivers. With USB 4.0 onboard along with robust overclocking capabilities, featuring faster dual-channel DDR5 memory support, AMD EXPO technology and PCIe 5.0 support for both graphics and NVMe, you can play the most demanding games and deliver your biggest projects with the revolutionary performance of an AMD X870E motherboard and AMD Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 Series processors.”
- AMD X870 Chipset
- “For high-performance customization, build your PC with an AMD X670 motherboard for AMD Ryzen 9000, 8000, and 7000 Series processors. Fully overclockable, with USB 4.0 onboard, faster dual-channel DDR5 memory support, AMD EXPO technology and PCIe 5.0 support for NVMes, set yourself up for extreme gaming and creating with an X870 motherboard.”
AMD added:
These new chipsets feature USB4 as a standard feature and are also designed to support even faster DDR5 memory overclocking with AMD EXPO Technology. Both the X870 and X870E feature 44 total PCIe lanes and direct-to-processor PCIe 5.0 NVMe connectivity for the ultimate transfer speeds. The X870E is differentiated with 24 PCIe 5.0 lanes, with 16 lanes dedicated to graphics. When PCe 5.0 direct-to-processor storage and graphics care are enabled at the same time, the X870E offers twice the bandwidth of competing platforms.