AMD is reportedly trying to launch their B550 mainstream motherboards this coming June 16th, with an announcement being pegged for May 21st. WCCFTech, quoting business sources, says these motherboards will now lastly be launched to the general public, practically a yr after the launch of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 collection and accompanying X570-based motherboards. This will mark the primary time PCIe 4.zero can be accessible in a mainstream-geared platform and chipset; till now, customers searching for cheaper builds to assist their Ryzen CPUs needed to make do with out PCIe 4.zero assist with a motherboard from earlier generations, for the reason that function was solely accessible on the (dearer) X570 motherboards.
The B550 chipset ought to thus grow to be the brand new selection for customers trying to construct new methods on a finances; and a part of the explanation for AMD delaying the launch of this chipset as a lot because it has might definitely be an effort to extend revenues as a result of X570’s increased ASP. It’s anticipated that B550 motherboards can be had for increased pricing than AMD’s earlier mainstream B450 motherboards, although, as a consequence of elevated prices with improved I/O and the extra necessities for PCIe 4.zero wiring. Considering AMD’s X570-based motherboards might be had from the $150 barrier upwards, it is doubtless (by way of an informed guess solely) that B550 will occupy the $90-$150 vary.
