AMD is about to bring a cheaper A620 chipset
Since AMD released the Ryzen 7000 series processors based on the Zen 4 architecture, sales have been tepid. One of the reasons is that although the new AM5 platform is technically very good and supports various current and even upcoming components, the general pricing of related motherboards is still too high, and not every user needs to use such advanced features.
Previously, Gigabyte submitted a new motherboard model to the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC), showing that it uses AMD’s A620 chipset, which means that the cheaper AM5 motherboard is getting closer to players. It is rumored that A620, like the previous B650/X670 series, uses Promontory 21 (PROM21) chips, but reduces the number of PCIe channels and USB interfaces, does not support PCIe 5.0, and does not provide overclocking functions.
According to HKEPC reports, there will be two different versions of the AMD A620 chipset, the Promontory 21 chip will be used at the beginning, and the Promontory 22 (PROM22) chip will be used later, but the functions provided by the two are likely to be the same. As the lowest-positioned chipset in the AMD 600 series, the design of the A620 motherboard will not be as complicated as other high-end products, which can simplify the design and further reduce the cost.
When AMD released the Ryzen 7000 series processors and X670/B650 series chipsets, it announced that the motherboard of the AM5 platform will start at $125. However, the cheapest B650 motherboard is currently more than $160. Although Ryzen 7000 series processors and DDR5 memory are getting cheaper and cheaper, when building a platform, it is still a bit higher than the mature AM4 platform with DDR4 memory.
