Posted on Monday, May 04 2020 @ 10:08 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
TechPowerup
reports early listings of AMD B550 based motherboards indicate these new products will have launch pricing similar to the B450. The B550 is a new chipset from AMD, it's the first mid-range option with PCI Express 4.0 support. Boards based on this chipset feature a main x16 slot and a M.2 slot wired to the AM4 SoC. Besides being cheaper than the X570, the B550 should also have a much lower TDP, which results in passive cooling.
Pricing of a handful ASUS B550 motherboards was leaked to the web by Australian retailer ICIT.net.au, who listed the somewhat premium ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming for $262.90, including GST (converts to USD $167 including all taxes). The retailer also lists TUF B550-Plus Gaming and Prime B550M-A at the same exact price, which could be pre-launch inflation (so we're going by the price of what could be the best-endowed SKUs among the three).
Availability of B550 motherboards is expected on June 16.
