Monday, April 28th 2025
Sapphire Unveils "Polar White" PURE B650M WIFI Motherboard in China
Sapphire Technology has revealed another new motherboard design; the PURE B650M WIFI. As of late last week, this "polar white" model was introduced as a natural accompaniment to similarly pale graphics card options—one promotional shot had the newly launched product sat next to the manufacturer's PURE Radeon RX 9070 XT SKU. Sapphire's shift into motherboard territories is a relatively new endeavor; a premium NITRO+ B650M WIFI SKU was showcased last year. A B850 chipset-based successor was released in China, just over two months ago. A likely budget friendly offering was previewed around mid-April: PULSE A620AM WIFI. The PURE B650M WIFI's overall aesthetic brings ASRock's various compact Steel Legend board designs to mind.
Sapphire's official Weibo account positions the freshly unveiled PURE model as a mid-tier option: "the overall design style of this (microATX) motherboard is simple and stylish. Neither the PCB nor the heat dissipation armor is overly complicated." Despite these modest provisions, the PURE B650M WIFI is still a very capable piece of kit—the article's author delved into some technical nitty-gritty: "this motherboard (uses) a 12+2+1 power supply module. PWM control is RT3678BE, MOSFET is DrMOS from ALPHA & OMEGA with part code EX00. I checked the official website but couldn't find the specific model, it should be a new model. After asking Sapphire officials, I learned that the code is actually AOZ5510QI, a 55 A DrMos. Therefore, the power supply capacity of this motherboard is as strong as other Sapphire models, and can drive the current flagship Ryzen 9000X3D processor to full output." Regional reviewers seem to possess evaluation samples, but the brand has not yet announced an upcoming retail launch in China.
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bilibili Video, VideoCardz, Sapphire Technology on Weibo
Sapphire's official Weibo account positions the freshly unveiled PURE model as a mid-tier option: "the overall design style of this (microATX) motherboard is simple and stylish. Neither the PCB nor the heat dissipation armor is overly complicated." Despite these modest provisions, the PURE B650M WIFI is still a very capable piece of kit—the article's author delved into some technical nitty-gritty: "this motherboard (uses) a 12+2+1 power supply module. PWM control is RT3678BE, MOSFET is DrMOS from ALPHA & OMEGA with part code EX00. I checked the official website but couldn't find the specific model, it should be a new model. After asking Sapphire officials, I learned that the code is actually AOZ5510QI, a 55 A DrMos. Therefore, the power supply capacity of this motherboard is as strong as other Sapphire models, and can drive the current flagship Ryzen 9000X3D processor to full output." Regional reviewers seem to possess evaluation samples, but the brand has not yet announced an upcoming retail launch in China.
15 Comments on Sapphire Unveils "Polar White" PURE B650M WIFI Motherboard in China
I don't think any motherboard that has two 8-pin EPS connectors for the CPU should have no heatsinks.Edit:
Nevermind, I was looking at the third picture, but I see they just removed the heatsinks to show off the VRMs.
When do we get Sapphire boards back in the West? More competition is good!
Yet ANUTHA product claiming to be "WHITE" but is 1/2 white & 1/2 black instead...w.T.f....
I personally would be fine with the black version, if it ends up "cheaper". Too bad, the Sapphire and even AsRock X600 MBs are pretty much non-existant in other parts.To be honest... is this does make the price reasonable enough, I wouldn't give two flying effs about the color of the connectors/slots. These are the functional HW that sits inside the chassis, and does it's job. This isn't something to be looked and stared at. Especially in the enclosed environments.
They're industry-standard connectors and slots, not made by Sapphire themselves. Minifit and Microfit headers from Molex, for example, only come in black. I don't know if the same is true for Foxconn/LOTES DDR5 slots or PCIe slots, but I woldn't be surprised if they were also only sold in one colour.
Even if SOME of the parts like fan headers and internal USB headers were available in white, it would be pointless to have a mismatch of some white and some black parts - so why go to the added expense and logistics complexity of getting some of the parts in white only to still fail on a pure white board?
They even have proper SATA 90°C connectors which ASUS and MSI is unable to solder.
Are Sapphire not the single most popular and trusted brand in Europe for AMD graphics cards? They're always widely available and high quality - the PULSE models are often the best MSRP models, and the Nitro+ have always been great high-end models for a sensible price premium, even if they're not the absolute fastest flagship models.
There must be some other reason that they don't want to use all of that for motherboards.