AMD B650E "Extreme" Chipset Confirmed, Brings PCIe 5.0 for GPU and SSD

[Punkenjoy]

What's this "OR" nonsense, didn't AMD state that ALL X670/B650 boards will have to have M.2 with PCIe 5.0?

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

From my understanding, it's not really the number of layer but the signal integrity of the PCI-E 16x slot that need to be good enough to support PCI-E 5.0

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.

 

[trsttte]

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.

I think it makes as much sense as PCIe 5.0 on X670/E, the myth of future proofing or whatever.

I personally like it, I have very low hopes for the stability of the daisy chain solution on X670 that mostly just provides an excessive ammount of USB ports, B650E seems like the no compromise solution with the most up to date interfaces available without X series tax or redundant bits (like 10 USBs or whatever!? if there were actual pcie lanes you could do whatever you wanted, but USB ports, why?)

 

[LuxZg]

Does "Extreme" stand for extreme pricing? All we want is decent 130 bucks motherboard. B series is for normies, not AMD fanboys milking ground. That's what X stands for

Well, 125$ board price level confirmed, hope that calms you a little

 

[Kaleid]

For these prices all should be 5.0