Wednesday, April 7th 2021
Gigabyte Preparing Passively Cooled AMD X570S Motherboards
AMD introduced their X570 chipset back in July 2019 to coincide with the launch of Ryzen 3000 processors. The X570 chipset consumed more power than previous chipsets and required a dedicated cooling fan on most boards which were often noisy or unreliable. AMD appears to be preparing an updated more efficient X570S silent chipset with passive cooling. Gigabyte has recently submitted eight new motherboards to the EEC which appear to feature the new chipset. The specific models submitted include the AORUS MASTER, AORUS ELITE AX, AORUS ELITE, AORUS PRO AX, AERO G, and GAMING X. It remains to be seen if all of these models make it to market and whether or not other manufacturers are preparing new boards.
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Videocardz
47 Comments on Gigabyte Preparing Passively Cooled AMD X570S Motherboards
I spent around $300 on mine I wouldn't spend an extra $200 just for a passive heatsink but that is me.
In Canada that board cost $529
I share your same thoughts about mATX, which I like that size option. I went from a z77 Asus Maximus V Gene to a MSI B550m Mortar (non-WIFI). It is a great board that satisfies my needs. Buildzoid did a power summary of the board, which he explained has a great VRM. The ASRock X750M Pro4 has a weaker VRM and other issues that I have researched, which I avoided. Instead, I waited for a long time until B550 offerings started being released to the market. The only downside to the B550 is the chipset limitations itself, such as the second m.2 slot is pcie gen3 instead of gen4, which the x570 does not have this limitation. For most people's needs, pcie gen 3 for m.2 nvme drives is enough. One would think mATX would gain popularity as integrated devices (e.g. audio, networking, etc) have gone a long way over the years, thus the lesser need for pci/pcie slots.
If you are still looking for a decent mATX for AM4, check out the MSI B550m Mortar board if you have not already. It does have usb c on the rear i/o, usb 3.2 gen2 header, wifi option and a great VRM. I am unsure what other requirements you are looking in a board, but I wish you luck in your pursuit. If you have any questions about the Mortar board, feel free to PM me.
And everyone buying will be paying the early adopter fee for a new socket + DDR5 memory which will not be cheap on launch.
I hope that my chipset fan wont fail. So far is doing ok. Not so noisy and so
Geezz man, my point is, price for passive cooling solution might be cheaper in the long run, than a failing fan or costumer returning due to noise
That was the era when the industry learned about capacitor failures and chipset fans, which is why polymer caps and fanless chipset heatsinks were such hot selling points for the decade after that. Like all good lessons, they are forgotten in time so that history may repeat itself :\
The cost of a heatpipe to carry the paltry 17W of the X570 chipset to around the CPU socket where there's plenty of room is about $0.80, according to Gamers Nexus factory tours. Google "Nforce2 heatpipe" for dozens of designs.
The boards Chrispy_ talked about were all nforce2 and I concur with what he said. I had an Abit nforce2 and its fan failed after about a year (just before failing it made a very high pitched noise)
I've also owned Nforce 2 boards and never had any fan failures on those either.