Wednesday, October 18th 2023
Gigabyte Expands its Range of White Motherboards with Two AMD B650 Models
Just over a month ago, Gigabyte launched a pair of white motherboards for Intel CPUs and now the company has quietly released a pair of white models for AMD CPUs. The two models are the B650 AORUS Elite AX Ice and the B650M AORUS Elite AX Ice, the main difference being the form factor, as the latter is a microATX board. Besides the white PCB, all of the heatsinks are silver/white in colour, although all the connectors on the boards are black, just as with the Intel boards. The rear I/O shield has also been given the white treatment to better fit into a white case.
However, the Ice boards are not identical in terms of specs to their older siblings, as Gigabyte has done a few minor changes that aren't noticeable at first look. Gigabyte has shifted away from using MTK/AMD and Intel WiFi cards and is now using the Realtek RTL8852CE on these new boards. We should mention that Gigabyte are using the RTL8852CE on later revisions of the black versions as well. It's currently unknown when these new boards will be available and how much they'll retail for.
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B650 AORUS Elite AX Ice, B650M AORUS Elite AX Ice, via @momomo_us on X/Twitter
However, the Ice boards are not identical in terms of specs to their older siblings, as Gigabyte has done a few minor changes that aren't noticeable at first look. Gigabyte has shifted away from using MTK/AMD and Intel WiFi cards and is now using the Realtek RTL8852CE on these new boards. We should mention that Gigabyte are using the RTL8852CE on later revisions of the black versions as well. It's currently unknown when these new boards will be available and how much they'll retail for.
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Also, define everything. I doubt any single USB-C port out there supports "everything" since USB-C has some rather weird modes that haven't been widely implemented, such as that VR thingie that some graphics cards had and the analogue audio mode for example. Intel's Thunderbolt chips don't support USB speeds faster than 10 Gbps btw.The amazing thing here is that the phone SoC often supports USB 3.0 or even faster speeds, but the device makers don't bother adding the extra 50 cents of hardware to make it work.
Again, the cable length limit is very strict. The only way that this might work on a front case connector is if a redriver/retimer is added right next to the case connector. Maybe in the future, but right now, no-one is doing that due to extra cost.Yet the Pixel phones support USB 3.0 or faster data speeds over the connector, but no DP Alt mode...