It was better late than never, but last month AMD finally confirmed that B550 motherboards were on the way. Better still, they looked likely set to release around June this year!
Yes, admittedly, this has taken rather a long time when you consider that Ryzen 3XXX initially launched last September. Following a post from the Twitter account “momomo_us”, however, if you are looking at getting one of these new B550 designs, then the good news is that the prices for them do appear to be on the reasonable side!
ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING(WI-FI) : $262.90 inc GST.
— 188号 (@momomo_us) May 2, 2020
ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS (WI-FI) : $262.90 inc GST
ASUS PRIME B550M-A : $262.90 inc GST
AMD B550 Motherboards
In a reported leak of three ASUS models, the prices (which are believed to be in Australian Dollars) will retail for something in the region of £120-£150. In other words, about the same price that the ASUS B450 platform sold for when that was released.
Better still though, with these models likely representing ASUS’ ‘higher-tier’ releases, the chances are that some B550 models may be sold for around the £100 mark. A price which, frankly, would be fantastic!
What Do We Think?
With absolutely no confirmation of these prices, you are advised to take these figures with a pinch of salt. If true though, it shows that the B550 range might provide an excellent option for those wanting to move to the Ryzen 3rd-gen, but are currently put off by the (pretty expensive) X570 platform.
With more B550 designs and specifications expected to leak before the end of this month, we will keep you posted with all news and updates surrounding them! Put simply though, we’re very interested in this platform!
What do you think? – Let us know in the comments!
That’s cool they are coming out but what do those of us ready to build now do? I want to go mITX and the B450 stock is almost non-existent while the x570 and its extra heat generating chipset is counter intuitive to small form factors. AMD is doing great things in the world of CPU design but they need to get someone with a brain in charge of their release cycle. My options are build with Intel or wait until July after the first batch of B550s have had the bugs worked out. While I do realize I’m on the fringe by wanting to go mITX it still seems as though AMD has created a barrier of entry for me to build with their latest CPU by not coordinating their release schedule a bit better.
Maybe you… I dunno… wait?
Yes because no one ever has an immediate need to build a PC. Im already working off of a hobbled together FX-8350 rig from the bone yard because my main workstation died. I had already waited once for the latest CPUs to drop so now I’m supposed to wait longer for AMD to get their stuff together? I will agree I’m whining because I can’t build exactly what I want but at the same time I don’t like spending close to 2k on a new build and not getting exactly what I want out of it.