ASUS Announces A520 Motherboards

btarunr · Aug 25, 2020

ASUS today announced the new A520 chipset motherboards for its TUF Gaming, Prime and Pro series. The AMD A520 chipset is the successor to the A320 chipset, and features PCIe 3.0. Designed to cater to a wide range of needs, these motherboards feature a 32 MB BIOS flash ROM, and support future AMD Ryzen Zen 3 architecture CPUs and APUs.

ASUS A520 motherboards can be paired with an AMD APU to create a budget-friendly gaming rig or workstation, making them ideal for DIY PC users and small to medium-sized businesses. ASUS is also pleased to announce that its R&D team broke the existing world memory frequency record, setting DDR4- 6666 on ROG Strix B550-I Gaming, using the AMD Ryzen 4700GE processor and Crucial Ballistix MAX memory.

In addition, the new BIOS updates for the complete lineup of AM4-based A520, X570 and B550 series motherboards are now available. The latest BIOS versions include the AGESA combo V2 PI 1.0.8.0 update, which is essential for future compatibility.

ASUS is committed to providing the best BIOS support, and will continue to optimize the BIOS to offer the best performance and user experience.

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Flanker · Aug 25, 2020

I would love to have something like that business motherboard for my next mb

Ferrum Master · Aug 25, 2020

Flanker said:
I would love to have something like that business motherboard for my next mb

Because it has a fake PCI?

Flanker · Aug 25, 2020

Ferrum Master said:
Because it has a fake PCI?

Because I find the green PCB refreshing

Ferrum Master · Aug 25, 2020

Flanker said:
Because I find the green PCB refreshing

Remember the older yellow ones then xD most got one on their i440BX.

DenFox · Aug 25, 2020

PS/2, DVI-D and VGA port in 2020.

Please, STOP THIS MADNESS.

madone · Aug 25, 2020

Why are all the MATX Boards all so badly designed. They just dont look nice to me at all. Im wanting to upgrade but just waiting on a decent board since X99. I dont mind paying the money if it is something that is high end and looks nice.

Chrispy_ · Aug 25, 2020

Not a single USB-C port on any of those boards, and only one of them has multiple M.2 slots.

What is this, 2016? Entry-level should mean affordable, not outdated.

Caring1 · Aug 25, 2020

Is it so hard to make a matt black board with no stripes?

micropage7 · Aug 25, 2020

Flanker said:
Because I find the green PCB refreshing

yeah, back to those days where green, brown, purple, white, blue pcb every where
now most the same

Caring1 said:
Is it so hard to make a matt black board with no stripes?

they like to add some accent, then tag it with gaming theme, or military thing so they can tag it higher than flat board :roll:

Flanker · Aug 26, 2020

Ferrum Master said:
Remember the older yellow ones then xD most got one on their i440BX.

I'm a bit too young for that lol

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Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
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Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
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Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

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Keyboard	Ducky One Red Switch
Software	Windows 10 Pro 1909

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Mouse	Razer Basilisk
Keyboard	Razer BlackWidow V3 - Yellow Switch
Software	FEDORA 39 / Windows 11 insider

Processor	Intel Core i5 8400
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Memory	Micron Crucial 16GB DDR4-2400
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Keyboard	Razer BlackWidow V3 - Yellow Switch
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ASUS Announces A520 Motherboards

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Audio Device(s)	No need.
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Mouse	Yes
Keyboard	Of course
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Mouse	Logitech G502
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