GIGABYTE Brings AMD A620 Chipset to the Mini-ITX Form-factor

[btarunr]

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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[Crackong]

The company didn't reveal pricing.

This one line defeats the whole purpose of the product.

 

[tabascosauz]

@btarunr are you sure about that "9-phase" SOC VRM??

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.

 

[TheLostSwede]

@btarunr are you sure about that "9-phase" SOC VRM??

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.

Their other A620 boards are 5+2+2.

 

[tabascosauz]

Their other A620 boards are 5+2+2.

Those are also mATX boards that traditionally have 4C06/4C10N discretes and more spread out. Gigabyte doesn't put discretes on its ITX boards, which would certainly cause the VRM to commit suicide at less than 100W, and which is probably why no one else does either. Only exception was ASRock's B450, which also used some of the most expensive dual N-fets that are closer to DrMOS than shitty discretes.

Ryzen may technically be an SoC, but there's no reason to describe the VRM as being 9 phases of SOC.

 

[Chaitanya]

This one line defeats the whole purpose of the product.

Given their most expensive A620 board is $120(though it can be had for much lower regularly), this should be around the same price.
Also since most A620 boards have anemic connectivity, mITX is the only form factor where this chipset makes sense.