Saturday, May 21st 2022
Factory Drawing of ASUS X670 Prime-P WiFi Appears Online
We're expecting to see a wide range of AM5 motherboards next week during Computex, but we're already being treated to some early leaks ahead of the show. The most recent leak was picked up by @9550pro on Twitter, but was originally posted on Baidu. What we're looking at here though, isn't actually a picture of a motherboard, but rather the placement map for the SMD components used during motherboard assembly. These pictures are often used to make sure things like the solder mask and components were applied properly during production. However, it does give us a good look at the overall layout of the ASUS X670 Prime-P WiFi and the fact that the X670 chipset does indeed consist of two parts. What is also clear is that we're looking at a PCIe 5.0 x16 slot here, as these slots are SMD components rather than through hole.
Other things that are clearly visible, includes support for three M.2 slots, of which the one closest to the CPU might be PCIe 5.0, but there's really no way of telling by just looking at the connector placement. There's also a space for a WiFi module at the bottom of the rear I/O, but beyond that, it's hard to make out the proper port layout. However, there appears to be at least one USB-C port at the rear, as well as a header for another one at the front of the motherboard, next to a USB 3.0 header. The board also appears to feature 14 power phases and obviously four DDR5 DIMM slots. The chip between the two chipsets are either a Super I/O chip or possibly a PCIe redriver. In addition to the x16 PCIe 5.0 slot, the X670 Prime-P appears to be getting a single PCIe x1 slot and two PCIe x4 slots, both which appear to get physical x16 slots. Finally the board should have two SATA ports mounted at a 90-degree angle, as well as four ports at the bottom edge of the PCB. ASUS seems to have gone for a solar system pattern on the PCB itself, so it'll be interesting to see what the actual boards will look like.
Sources:
@9550pro, via VideoCardz
Other things that are clearly visible, includes support for three M.2 slots, of which the one closest to the CPU might be PCIe 5.0, but there's really no way of telling by just looking at the connector placement. There's also a space for a WiFi module at the bottom of the rear I/O, but beyond that, it's hard to make out the proper port layout. However, there appears to be at least one USB-C port at the rear, as well as a header for another one at the front of the motherboard, next to a USB 3.0 header. The board also appears to feature 14 power phases and obviously four DDR5 DIMM slots. The chip between the two chipsets are either a Super I/O chip or possibly a PCIe redriver. In addition to the x16 PCIe 5.0 slot, the X670 Prime-P appears to be getting a single PCIe x1 slot and two PCIe x4 slots, both which appear to get physical x16 slots. Finally the board should have two SATA ports mounted at a 90-degree angle, as well as four ports at the bottom edge of the PCB. ASUS seems to have gone for a solar system pattern on the PCB itself, so it'll be interesting to see what the actual boards will look like.
51 Comments on Factory Drawing of ASUS X670 Prime-P WiFi Appears Online
AMD went for a different approach this time around, where B650 gets one chipset and X670/X7670E gets two chipsets, that are the same chips as what B650 uses.
In other words, X670/X670E should offer twice the connectivity over B650.
I don't have the specifics of what connectivity a single chipset offers though, but it looks like at last eight PCIe 4.0 lanes, some USB 3.x ports, as well as SATA support and the usual kind of chipset interfaces.
It's possible we'll see AMD going down the same route as Intel and add some PCIe 3.0 lanes as well, for things like Ethernet, WiFi and so on. It would be more power efficient if nothing else.
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Quick question, any idea what is the square placement between the two supposed chipsets and the first pcie x16 and 2nd m.2 slot? Maybe location of the CMOS battery?
Are redrivers becoming more prevalent due to the newer pcie versions?
Retimers are on the other hand no longer approved by the PCI-SIG, which suggests an uptick in the use of redrivers regardless.
[NewEgg]
Thanks for asking. :love:
Yes though your right could be good.
A lot of people don't understand what this is and have called it fake over at other publications, but I can assure you it's not.
they drew boobs on it...
Even the old through-hole design needs reinforcement with today's chonktastic GPUs!
The same applies on Intel boards. Have you heard about any slots being torn off Z690 boards?