After Biostar and GIGABYTE, ASUS has also begun producing its A620A chipset motherboard models for the entry-level market.
ASUS Unveils Six New A620A Chipset Motherboards for Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs; PRIME and TUF Models Released
The A620A chipset is a cut-down A620, which uses the Promontory 19 silicon, which is also used by the B550 chipset instead of Promontory 21. There's not much difference between the two, except for the chipset uplink speed, as the A620A relies on the PCIe 3.0 x4 connection, while the A620 chipset uses PCIe 4.0 x4. These connect the chipset to the CPU, and with half the uplink bandwidth, the A620A isn't as convenient as the A620 for heavier I/O usage.
Not all motherboard manufacturers utilize the A620A chipset for their motherboards since the A620 gets the job done at fairly low prices. Biostar and GIGABYTE were the only ones to have A620A chipset motherboards, but now ASUS has also joined them and has silently released several new A620A chipset motherboards. As spotted on the official website, ASUS has prepared six models in the PRIME and TUF series, offering nearly identical specifications and features to their A620 chipset counterparts.
We spotted some differences in the I/O connectivity as the newer A620A chipset motherboards offer faster USB Type A ports, but not much has changed. All these motherboards serve as an entry-level platform for Zen 4 and Zen 5 processors aka Ryzen 7000, 8000, and 9000 series CPUs, allowing users to build systems on a tight budget. The A620A won't offer CPU overclockability similar to the A620 chipset, but could be decent for budget CPUs like Ryzen 5 7500F, Ryzen 9500F, Ryzen 8000G series, etc.
- TUF Gaming A620AM-Plus
- TUF Gaming A620AM-Plus WiFi
- PRIME A620AM-A-CSM
- PRIME A620AM-A
- PRIME A620AM-K-CSM
- PRIME A620AM-K
Apart from the upgraded USB Type A ports at the rear I/O, these motherboards now support higher RAM capacity. The A620 variants either support up to 96 GB or 192 GB DDR5 RAM, but the newer A620A variants support up to 128 GB or 256 GB capacity. Also, there are some visible changes in the expansion slot area, and the newer A620A boards may have a different orientation or one PCIe x1 slot less on some boards. This could be why ASUS was able to allocate more lanes for faster USB ports on the newer A620A boards.
Prices and availability are unknown, but we should expect similar prices for these variants.
News Source: @unikoshardware
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