Gigabyte’s Low-Cost Mini-ITX A620 Motherboard Supports Ryzen R9 7950X, R9 7950X3D CPUs
to the gigabyte introduced quietly One of the industry’s first affordable motherboards for AMD’s AM5 processors in the Mini-ITX form factor. The most unexpected feature of Gigabyte’s A620I AX motherboard is that it’s based on AMD’s low-cost A620 chipset, which only supports essential features. I support AMD’s top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 7950X3D and Ryzen 9 7950X processors.
Despite being positioned as the entry-level motherboard for AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series CPUs based on the Zen 4 microarchitecture, Gigabyte’s Ultra Durable A620I-AX is a 65W TDP, including the relatively cheap Ryzen 5 7600. It can handle all AMD AM5 CPUs released up to and including Similarly, the top-of-the-line Ryzen 9 7950X3D with 3D V-Cache rated at 120W and the Ryzen 9 7950X rated at 170W. Given that AMD’s A620 platform isn’t intended for overclocking, the Ryzen 9 7950X can’t be overclocked on this motherboard, but even the support for this CPU is unexpected.
AMD’s Ryzen 7000 series CPUs are hungry for memory bandwidth and the UD A620I-AX features two slots for DDR5 memory officially supporting memory modules with ratings up to DDR5-6400 and EXPO profiles. You will not be disappointed here. High-performance DDR5 DIMMs are not only beneficial for demanding gamers’ Ryzen 9 and Ryzen 7 CPUs, but memory bandwidth is critical for integrated GPUs, which is why AMD’s upcoming graphics-integrated AM5 APUs will run It’s also beneficial for cheap PCs. The motherboard also has two display outputs with iGPU support.
When it comes to gaming, the UD A620I-AX motherboard naturally lacks PCIe Gen5 support, but it does have a PCIe 4.0 x16 slot for graphics cards and an M.2-2280 slot with a PCIe 4.0 x4 interface for SSDs. . If you need extra storage space, the platform has two SATA ports.
As for overall connectivity, the UD A620I-AX motherboard features a Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth adapter, a 2.5GbE port, USB 3.2 Gen1/2 ports (including a Type-C port), and audio connectors. This may not seem like a big deal, but entry-level gaming systems don’t often use high-performance peripherals anyway. Additionally, AMD’s A620 platform does not support USB4.
Pricing details for the UD A620I-AX haven’t been released yet, but some early reports suggest it will be priced under or around $100, similar to other A620-based offerings. I’m here. On the other hand, considering the high-end Ryzen 9 processor and Mini-ITX form factor support, it’s possible that Gigabyte will charge a premium for the UD A620I-AX. So it remains to be seen how affordable this motherboard will be when it hits the market.
