ASRock is bringing three brand new motherboards, the first one is X570S PG Riptide, the second one is B550S PG Riptide, and the third one is X300TM-ITX. The first two motherboards are fully compatible with Ryzen Desktop CPUs and APUs.
ASRock X570S PG Riptide
The ASRock X570S PG Riptide motherboard features the AM4 socket which offers support AMD Ryzen CPUs all the way up to Ryzen 5000 series. A single-sided aluminum heatsink has covered the VRMs with an XXL Aluminum Alloy design.
Expansion on the motherboard features dual M.2 Gen 4 slots, three PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, and three PCIe 4.0 x1 slots. There is an extra M.2 slot for WiFi support next to the audio circuitry, also this motherboard features 1 Antenna, 1 HDMI, 1 PS/2, 1 SPDIF, 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1, 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and 1 2.5G LAN port.
ASRock B550 PG Riptide
This motherboard also features the AM4 socket which can support AMD Ryzen CPUs up to Ryzen 5000 series. Same as the X570S PG Riptide, also the VRMs of this board is covered by a single-sided aluminum heatsink with an XXL Aluminum Alloy design.
Expansion on the motherboard offers 2 PCIe 3.0 x16 slots and one PCIe 4.0 x16 slots, three PCIe 3.0 x1 slots, and dual M.2 slots. This one also offers an extra M.2 slot for WiFi support next to the audio circuitry. The B550 PG Riptide features 1 HDMI, 1 PS/2, 1 Antenna, 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 6 USB 3.2 Gen 1, 2 USB 2.0 ports, and 1 2.5G LAN port.
ASRock X300TM-ITX
The X300TM-ITX is a Mini-ITX specification and it doesn’t have any PCIe slot. This motherboard has dual SO-DIMM memory slots and it is highly integrated. It supports the AMD Ryzen 4000 series and up to 64 GB of DDR4-3200 memory.
This motherboard offers two HDMI 2.0, multiple USB 3.2 Gen 1, and a COM port to connect special industrial equipment. The motherboard features a SATA interface and an M.2 2280 to connect with the hard disk.
The launch time and the price has not been announced yet. So, stay tuned with us for more updates.
Interesting, looks OEM solution but I can see some doing that for a home project 🙂