The new AMD Motherboards based on the budget AMD A520 chipset is now on sale. Asus is offering the Prime A520M-K Micro ATX Motherboard. Thus, users who want to build a system on a Ryzen 3000 CPU, but do not want to overpay for unnecessary features, will have a real chance to save money.
New Asus Prime A520M-K microATX Motherboard model comes equipped with rear panel I/O ports: 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A), 2 x USB 2.0 ports (2 x Type-A), 1 x D-Sub port, 1 x HDMI port, 1 x Realtek RTL8111H 1Gb Ethernet port, 3 x Audio jacks, and 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse combo port. And for the internal I/O connectors, we have 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header supports additional 2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, and 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports.
Price and availability
Not the widest possibilities of expansion and installation of drives are compensated by the low price, the Asus Prime A520M-K Micro ATX Motherboard has been priced at $75.99 and it can be purchased through the Newegg.com website.
However, you can save money by choosing a motherboard based on the B450 chipset AMD, but their choice is not great due to the transfer of the production priority to the 500 series chipsets will not receive support for the PCIe 4.0 bus, however, these models will support AMD Ryzen 4000 desktop processors, which will be released at the end of the year.
Asus has also made available the B550 motherboards focused on the creation of mid-budget boards, while it has support for PCIe 4.0, HDMI 2.1, Thunderbolt 3, 5-Way Optimization, and AI Overclocking.
