With AMD’s B550 fashions now on the cabinets, a whole lot of focus round its launch was primarily based on pricing – or somewhat the shortage of very low-cost entry-level fashions.
The motherboard producer Colorful has as we speak unveiled two new micro-ATX sized B550 motherboards: the CVN B550M Gaming Frozen V14 and B550M Gaming Pro V14 fashions. Some of the first options embrace a Realtek ALC892 HD audio codec, two PCIe M.2 slots with one Gen4 and one Gen3 slot, in addition to a Realtek Gigabit Ethernet controller.
The Colorful CVN B550M Gaming Frozen V14 micro-ATX motherboard
The most placing of the brand new pair from Colorful is the CVN B550M Gaming Frozen V14 mannequin. It contains a very aesthetically pleasing white and silver coloration scheme, with Naval impressed CVN plane provider class branding and an actively cooled chipset heatsink with a purple ring across the fan for distinction.
Although the Colorful CVN B550M Gaming Pro 14V follows a black and silver aesthetic, each fashions share the identical characteristic set, with a full-length PCIe 4.Zero x16 slot, a full-length PCIe 3.Zero x4 slot, and a small PCIe 3.Zero x1 slot. For storage, each fashions embrace a single PCIe 4.Zero x4 M.2 slot, and a secondary PCIe 3.Zero x4 M.2 slot, with 4 SATA ports that features help for RAID 0, 1, and 10 arrays. Each mannequin additionally consists of 4 reminiscence slots with help for as much as DDR4-4000, with a most capability of as much as 128 GB. Colorful can be promoting a 10-phase energy supply on each boards however does not go into element regarding the componentry or design.
The Colorful CVN B550M Gaming Pro V14 micro-ATX motherboard
Neither mannequin consists of any USB 3.2 G2 connectivity, however there are three USB 3.2 G1 Type-A, one USB 3.2 G1 Type-C, and two USB 2.Zero ports. Also current is a pair of video outputs together with HDMI and DisplayPort, with six 3.5 mm audio jacks powered by a Realtek ALC892 HD audio codec. For networking is a single Ethernet port which is powered by a Realtek 8111H Gigabit controller, with a PS/2 combo port which finishes off the pairings rear panels.
The cool-looking Colorful CVN B550M Gaming Frozen V14 has an MSRP of $126, whereas the black and gray B550M Gaming Pro V14 comes with a barely cheaper MSRP of $121. Although Colorful hasn’t divulged when or the place these fashions might be obtainable, they’re prone to hit stockists of Colorful motherboards within the coming month.
