Tuesday, June 20th 2023
GIGABYTE Brings AMD A620 Chipset to the Mini-ITX Form-factor
GIGABYTE unveiled the first Mini-ITX motherboard to feature the entry-level AMD A620 chipset. The UD-A620I-X offers a comprehensive I/O feature-set. The board draws power from a 24-pin ATX and a single 8-pin EPS, and uses a 9-phase VRM to power the SoC. This board is restricted to 65 W TDP processors (7600, 7700, 7900 and possibly Ryzen PRO desktop processors that are 65 W). The processor is wired to two DDR5 DIMM slots, and a PCI-Express 4.0 x16, which is really all you need for this generation of graphics cards.
A downside of the A620 platform is that it doesn't support PCIe Gen 5 on even the CPU-attached M.2 NVMe slots—the one on this board is Gen 4. Display connectivity on the UD-A620I includes an HDMI and DisplayPort. Networking interfaces include Wi-Fi 6 wireless, and 2.5 GbE wired. Storage connectivity, besides the Gen 4 NVMe slot, includes two SATA 6 Gbps ports. You get at least two USB 3.2 ports from the processor, four USB 3.2 type-A ports on the rear I/O, an internal type-E port (for security keys), and an internal USB 3.2 header. The company didn't reveal pricing.
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A downside of the A620 platform is that it doesn't support PCIe Gen 5 on even the CPU-attached M.2 NVMe slots—the one on this board is Gen 4. Display connectivity on the UD-A620I includes an HDMI and DisplayPort. Networking interfaces include Wi-Fi 6 wireless, and 2.5 GbE wired. Storage connectivity, besides the Gen 4 NVMe slot, includes two SATA 6 Gbps ports. You get at least two USB 3.2 ports from the processor, four USB 3.2 type-A ports on the rear I/O, an internal type-E port (for security keys), and an internal USB 3.2 header. The company didn't reveal pricing.
5 Comments on GIGABYTE Brings AMD A620 Chipset to the Mini-ITX Form-factor
Stupid watermark but if 9 total maybe a 6+2+1, which would be pretty solid since these are most likely 50A or 60A DrMOS. More than enough for a 142W (105W TDP) part, though 150W+ might be a tough call.
Layer count indicator at bottom left seems to depict an 8-layer ITX which is decidedly budget for DDR5, but a solid offering considering the Raphael UMC is going nowhere fast and MSI's bigger 6-layers do fine.
tbh this one looks pretty good. AX Wifi, front type-C, standard fare rear I/O, 2.5Gbe, solid VRM, and plenty of room to use a M.2 heatsink of the user's choice.
Ryzen may technically be an SoC, but there's no reason to describe the VRM as being 9 phases of SOC.
Also since most A620 boards have anemic connectivity, mITX is the only form factor where this chipset makes sense.