AMD AM5 motherboard drops below $125
As promised by AMD last year
AMD has been promising cheaper AM5 motherboards for quite some time and now, ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 is listed at Newegg.com for $124.99.
Motherboard sales tank
Will not get better until 2024
Motherboard makers saw their sales tank by more than 10 million units in 2022 and are not expecting a turnaround until late this year or early 2024.
AMD to officially unveil B650/B650E motherboards on October 4th
Webinar with partners for B650/B650E motherboards
AMD has scheduled a webinar with its motherboard partners to unveil the mid-range AM5 B650/B650E motherboards. The list includes the usual suspects like ASRock, ASUS, Biostar, Gigabyte, and MSI.
Intel Arc A380 available at Newegg for back order
$139.99 for ASRock Challenger Arc A380 OC
The Intel Arc A380 has finally appeared in the US and ASRock Arc A380 OC custom version is now available for back order over at Newegg.com for $139.99.
ASRock launches its RX 6900 XT OC Formula
Special RX 6900 XT with triple-fan cooling
ASRock has launched its newest version of the Radeon RX 6900 XT, called the RX 6900 XT OC Formula, featuring custom 21-phase VRM, higher GPU Boost clocks, and a triple-fan cooler.
GeIL has ORION RGB Gaming Memory for AMD
AMD RYZEN 5000 Series
GeIL announced ORION RGB Gaming Memory for AMD targeting better support for AMD RYZEN 5000 Series processor. At the same time it underlines the message that it has the memory optimized for the latest AMD and Intel latest platforms, frequencies from 2666MHz to 4400MHz, and capacities from 8GB to 128GB kit.
Couple of Radeon RX 5500 XT leak ahead of launch
Plenty of custom cards from day-one
A couple of Radeon RX 5500 XT graphics cards have leaked ahead of its rumored December 12th launch, suggesting there will be plenty of custom cards available from day-one.
XFX's custom RX 5700 graphics card spotted
ASRock's confirms these are coming in mid-August
A custom Radeon RX 5700 series graphics card design from XFX has been spotted online and ASRock has confirmed we will see those custom cards in mid-August, at least if all goes well.
No word on the availability date
Although we have seen some upcoming custom versions of the AMD Radeon RX 5700 graphics series, ASRock is one of the first AIB partners to officially announce their RX 5700 Challenger series.
Only for next-gen APUs
It appears that upcoming next-generation Ryzen processors will be limited to existing high-end and mid-range chipset while the entry-level A320 chipset will only support next-gen Ryzen APUs.