Biostar has launched its newest AMD B550-based board, the B550M-Silver. Aimed at players trying to make use of AMD’s newest Ryzen 5000 processors, it brings a bunch of premium options to the micro-ATX type issue with USB 3.2 G2 connectivity, a Realtek 2.5 Gb Ethernet controller, Wi-Fi 6, and PCIe 4.Zero help.
Over the final couple of years, premium AMD micro-ATX boards have been few and much between, with nearly all of distributors opting to launch their micro-ATX fashions on the extra budget-friendly chipsets resembling AMD’s A520. The micro-ATX type issue usually presents a handy compromise, with extra growth slot help than the smaller mini-ITX type issue, however with out the general footprint of ATX. Based on the AMD B550 chipset, the Biostar B550M-Silver presents out of the field help for Ryzen 5000 processors, with help for Ryzen 3000 chips too.
Focusing on the design, the Biostar B550M-Silver makes use of a wave of silver heatsinks, together with a big rear panel cowl, which doubles up as one part of the ability supply heatsink. It contains no built-in RGB LED lighting nor any RGB headers, which is both fairly unusual or a welcome reduction given how frequent RGB is as of late in boards aimed toward players.
The Biostar B550M-Silver contains twin PCIe M.2 slots, with the highest slot able to supporting as much as PCIe 4.Zero x4 2280 M.2 drives, whereas the second slot contains help for PCIe 3.Zero x4; each of those slots can accommodate SATA primarily based SSDs. For SATA, Biostar contains six SATA ports, with two straight-angled and 4 right-angled ports, with help for RAID 0, 1, 10 arrays. There are 4 reminiscence slots with help for DDR4-4933, with a most capability of as much as 128 GB.
There are two full-length slots at PCIe help, together with a PCIe 4.Zero x16 and a PCIe 3.Zero x4 slot, with a PCIe 3.Zero x1 slot sandwiched in between. Located below the full-length PCIe 4.Zero x16 slot is a Key-E 2230 slot, though the board already contains an built-in wi-fi module.
On the rear panel is a wide range of connections, together with a single USB 3.2 G2 Type-A, one USB 3.2 G2 Type-C, 4 USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, and two USB 2.Zero ports. There is a trio of video outputs together with an HDMI, DisplayPort, and DVI-D to be used with AMD’s third gen APUs, whereas the board’s three 3.5 mm audio jacks are powered by an older Realtek ALC1150 HD audio codec. A PS/2 keyboard and mouse combo port sits above the USB 2.Zero ports, whereas a single RJ45 port is powered by a Realtek RTL8125B 2.5 GbE controller, whereas Biostar is utilizing an unspecified wi-fi interface with help for Wi-Fi 6.
At current, we do not know when the Biostar B550M-Silver will hit retail cabinets, nor do we have now info regarding the pricing.
