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Unfortunately there's no pricing attached to this leak, unlike the earlier pricing details for MSI's B650 motherboards from B&H, but Videocardz has managed to get the specs for ASRocks upcoming B650 and B650E motherboards. Once again we're looking at a collection of seven models, four B650E and three B650 models in total. Something interesting to note that Videocardz is pointing out, is that only the cheapest board in the lineup has a six layer PCB, with most models using an eight layer PCB and the Mini-ITX board is going up to 10 layers. In other words it seems like most entry level boards are now using high-end PCBs, due to the transition to PCIe 5.0.
The base model is the B650 PG Lightning, which is a pretty feature stripped motherboard, yet all PCIe slots are said to be PCIe 4.0 and it has a pre-installed I/O shield. It comes with 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, but WiFi is optional. At least there's a rear mounted 20 Gbps USB-C port here and the board has a total of three M.2 slots, of which one is PCIe 5.0. On the same kind of level sits B650 Pro RS, which is a step down in the sense that one of the M.2 slots PCIe 3.0 x2 and it has fewer PCIe slot, but it appears to have slightly fancier cooling for the VRMs and it gains a DisplayPort output around the back.
Next we have the B650M PG Riptide WiFi, which has four expansion slots, which is something of a rarity for mATX boards these days, with both of the PCIe x1 slots being of the 3.0 variety. For whatever reason, the USB-C ports are only 10 Gbps on this board. It's ATX brethren is the B650E PG Riptide WiFi which as the name suggests is based on the B650E chipset. This means that the x16 slot is PCIe 5.0, although the secondary PCIe x16 is only PCIe 3.0. This board uses an AMD WiFi module and a Killer E3100 (Intel) 2.5 Gbps Ethernet controller. Once again, one of the M.2 slots is PCIe 3.0 x2 on this board.
This brings us to the B650E PG-ITX WiFi which of course is a Mini-ITX board and as such is fairly light on features, yet still manages to cram in two M.2 slots and of course a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot. It also has better audio than the lower-tier boards before it and it seems to have DP support over USB-C, or at least this is what the eDP display output suggests, as the board lacks an eDP header. This time around the Killer E3100 controller has been joined by a Killer AX1675 WiFi 6E controller, so support for Killer's Double Shot feature should be supported.
A step further up in the stack is the B650E Steel Legend WiFi, which is a slightly improved version of the B650E PG Riptide, as it has two PCIe 4.0 and one PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots. It loses out on the x1 expansion slot, but on the other hand, the secondary x16 slot is now PCIe 4.0, even though it's likely to only support four lanes of bandwidth. For some reason, this board only has two SATA ports, which might not be to everyone's liking.
The top of the range model from ASRock is the B650E Taichi, which has the most advanced power regulation out of the lot and the most elaborate heatsink design. This is also the only board to feature Realtek's ALC4082 USB based audio controller, as well as an ESS Sabre 9218 DAC. It also has an Intel Thunderbolt 4 chip, that also adds USB4 support, although you only get a single port around the back. It has a rather oddly placement for what should be the PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, as it sits between the memory slots and the 24-pin ATX power connector on the board.
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The base model is the B650 PG Lightning, which is a pretty feature stripped motherboard, yet all PCIe slots are said to be PCIe 4.0 and it has a pre-installed I/O shield. It comes with 2.5 Gbps Ethernet, but WiFi is optional. At least there's a rear mounted 20 Gbps USB-C port here and the board has a total of three M.2 slots, of which one is PCIe 5.0. On the same kind of level sits B650 Pro RS, which is a step down in the sense that one of the M.2 slots PCIe 3.0 x2 and it has fewer PCIe slot, but it appears to have slightly fancier cooling for the VRMs and it gains a DisplayPort output around the back.
Next we have the B650M PG Riptide WiFi, which has four expansion slots, which is something of a rarity for mATX boards these days, with both of the PCIe x1 slots being of the 3.0 variety. For whatever reason, the USB-C ports are only 10 Gbps on this board. It's ATX brethren is the B650E PG Riptide WiFi which as the name suggests is based on the B650E chipset. This means that the x16 slot is PCIe 5.0, although the secondary PCIe x16 is only PCIe 3.0. This board uses an AMD WiFi module and a Killer E3100 (Intel) 2.5 Gbps Ethernet controller. Once again, one of the M.2 slots is PCIe 3.0 x2 on this board.
This brings us to the B650E PG-ITX WiFi which of course is a Mini-ITX board and as such is fairly light on features, yet still manages to cram in two M.2 slots and of course a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot. It also has better audio than the lower-tier boards before it and it seems to have DP support over USB-C, or at least this is what the eDP display output suggests, as the board lacks an eDP header. This time around the Killer E3100 controller has been joined by a Killer AX1675 WiFi 6E controller, so support for Killer's Double Shot feature should be supported.
A step further up in the stack is the B650E Steel Legend WiFi, which is a slightly improved version of the B650E PG Riptide, as it has two PCIe 4.0 and one PCIe 5.0 M.2 slots. It loses out on the x1 expansion slot, but on the other hand, the secondary x16 slot is now PCIe 4.0, even though it's likely to only support four lanes of bandwidth. For some reason, this board only has two SATA ports, which might not be to everyone's liking.
The top of the range model from ASRock is the B650E Taichi, which has the most advanced power regulation out of the lot and the most elaborate heatsink design. This is also the only board to feature Realtek's ALC4082 USB based audio controller, as well as an ESS Sabre 9218 DAC. It also has an Intel Thunderbolt 4 chip, that also adds USB4 support, although you only get a single port around the back. It has a rather oddly placement for what should be the PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot, as it sits between the memory slots and the 24-pin ATX power connector on the board.
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