Monday, August 29th 2022
AMD B650E "Extreme" Chipset Confirmed, Brings PCIe 5.0 for GPU and SSD
AMD's upcoming launch of Ryzen 7000 series processors will bring an entirely new AM5 platform that will enable newer technologies and protocols. We have DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 connection with everything at level five. However, the upcoming chipsets AMD has designed to work alongside the new processors will be available in several variants. There will be regular X670 and B650 versions that support either a PCIe 5.0 GPU or a PCIe 5.0 M.2 NVIMe SSD. Today, we got a confirmation that not only the big X670 chipset has an "E" or "Extreme" version, but its smaller brother B650 as well. With X670E and B650E, users get both PCIe 5.0 connectivity for their GPU and M.2 NVIMe SSD. For more information, we have to wait for AMD's official launch information later today.
Sources:
@wxnod (Twitter), via VideoCardz
28 Comments on AMD B650E "Extreme" Chipset Confirmed, Brings PCIe 5.0 for GPU and SSD
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Wouldn't it just be stepping on X570 (non-E)?
Average B650E to cost much more than "entry" X670, B650-B650E price mix and so on.
Only the X670E will see quite days, up on his penthouse, in the ivy tower.
Wonderful time ahead!
The actual chips in X670/X670E/B650/B650E chipsets are all the same and only support PCIe4 connections. What the E stands for is direct PCIe5 connections from the CPU to graphics and to one M.2 SSD slot, and what that requires is a more expensive circuit board having enough layers to support faster signaling, nothing to do with the actual chipset chips.
(Edit: 1 chip in B650(E) for a smaller number of connections, and 2 daisy-chained chips in X670(E) for a greater number of connections.)
X670: PCIe5 or nVME5 + OC
B650E: PCIe5 + nVME5 - No or limited OC?
B650: PCIe5 or nVME5 - No OC
A620: ??
I think it's like that or close enough...
They can`t do an 'intel move' both on mobo price hike, OC chipset segmentation and force DDR5 while doing so.
Or is it...
Anyway I don't get why this E variant of the B650 exists. PCIE 5.0 devices (that actually work noticeably better/faster with PCIE 5.0) are likely very expensive, so I don't know why would someone want a lower spec board than a X670E or X670... Or even anything that's not Enterprise channel for that matter.
The "futureproof" PR campaign take care of it.
i will wait to see the price difference to make myself an opinion. But i suspect that it won't be small, else why make a non-E board at all?
So "E" is just designation that PCIe x16 slot is 5.0, while "non-E" would be 4.0
And yes, it has nothing to do with chipset as in the chip itself, they're all 4.0 tops. 5.0 comes from CPU.
And no, 5.0 on x16 slot shouldn't require more PCB layers compared to "just M.2 5.0" which - is mandatory. For proof, see boards that have been announced, where both X670 and X670E had 8 layers.
* If reports so far were correct
Edit: just checked, Gigabyte and MSI official pages state 8-layers for both X670 and X670E. Didn't see any 6-layer AM5 boards so far
The M.2 slot is usually a little bit closer to the CPU than the GPU slot. that is maybe why it's going to be easier to guarantee that. Still we will see.
we will also see if next gen GPU support PCI-E 5.0, else, it's really future proofing.