Monday, August 29th 2022
AMD B650E "Extreme" Chipset Confirmed, Brings PCIe 5.0 for GPU and SSD
AMD's upcoming launch of Ryzen 7000 series processors will bring an entirely new AM5 platform that will enable newer technologies and protocols. We have DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 connection with everything at level five. However, the upcoming chipsets AMD has designed to work alongside the new processors will be available in several variants. There will be regular X670 and B650 versions that support either a PCIe 5.0 GPU or a PCIe 5.0 M.2 NVIMe SSD. Today, we got a confirmation that not only the big X670 chipset has an "E" or "Extreme" version, but its smaller brother B650 as well. With X670E and B650E, users get both PCIe 5.0 connectivity for their GPU and M.2 NVIMe SSD. For more information, we have to wait for AMD's official launch information later today.
Sources:
@wxnod (Twitter), via VideoCardz
28 Comments on AMD B650E "Extreme" Chipset Confirmed, Brings PCIe 5.0 for GPU and SSD
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?)