AMD's Latest Development: A520 APUs and DIY Enthusiast-Facing Components

It appears that AMD is working on a new DIY enthusiast-facing APU, which will be the 4000 series APUs for those looking to build their own systems. The company has not yet revealed any official information about this new component, but it's expected to be released in the near future.

AMD is also working on a Renoir APU, which is set to become the 4000 series APUs for DIY enthusiasts. This APU will be the AMD equivalent of Intel's Core i3 or i5 processors and will be aimed at those looking to build their own systems without breaking the bank. The company has promised that it will work on a DIY enthusiast-facing APU, which could potentially become a popular choice for those looking to build their own gaming PCs.

In the meantime, AMD is trying to get its final run of pre-Zen 3 parts out as quickly as possible, so that it can roll into the new stuff relatively smoothly. The company has released the A520 CPU, which is aimed at ultra-budget builds and is designed for systems where there is no budget available.

The A520 CPU is not a major departure from previous AMD CPUs, but it does offer some improvements in terms of thermal performance. However, it's worth noting that the A320 CPU was not used in any major capacity by the author, as it is not typically used in high-performance systems. Instead, the B-series boards at the low end have become more popular, despite not being the best.

AMD has also recently released the V450BI50, which has changed the game for those looking to build a budget-friendly gaming PC. The company's website lists support for the A520 CPU as present for Ryzen 3000 CPUs and Zen 3 CPUs, but it's worth noting that this may not be entirely accurate.

In terms of official support, AMD has explicitly stated that it will plan for future Ryzen desktop processors based on the Zen 3 architecture. This is a significant departure from previous statements, which had limited the company's support to certain chipsets and architectures. However, it appears that AMD is committed to supporting its Zen 3-based CPUs in some capacity.

The author notes that the website does not list support for Ryzen 1000 desktop CPUs or Ryzen APUs like the 3000G as being officially supported by AMD. However, this may be subject to change, and there have been instances in the past where AMD has supported certain components despite them not being officially listed as compatible.

In terms of pricing and availability, the author notes that the A520 CPU is aimed at ultra-budget builds and will likely be priced accordingly. The company's website does list support for the A520 CPU, but it's worth noting that this may not be entirely accurate.

Overall, AMD's latest development in the world of DIY enthusiast-facing components is certainly an exciting one. With the release of the A520 CPU and the promise of a new Renoir APU, it appears that the company is committed to providing options for those looking to build their own systems without breaking the bank. However, more information will be needed to fully understand the capabilities and limitations of these components.

Wireframe Mouse Mats: A New Offering from Gamers Nexus

In addition to its latest developments in the world of CPUs and APUs, Gamers Nexus is also releasing a new line of wireframe mouse mats. The first time these mats were stocked, they sold out in just two days, indicating a strong demand for this type of product. However, with the second shipment arriving recently, it appears that Gamers Nexus has been able to meet the demand.

For those who missed out on the initial shipment, Gamers Nexus is now shipping its wireframe mouse mats once again. The company notes that they have ordered more than half of the inventory for this second shipment, so there may be limited availability for customers. However, it's still worth checking in with Gamers Nexus to see if any stock remains.

Those who do place an order will need to act quickly, as the availability of these mats is not guaranteed and may sell out again at any moment. The wireframe mouse mats are a unique offering from Gamers Nexus, and they have already proven themselves to be popular among gamers and PC enthusiasts.

Overall, the wireframe mouse mats offer a new way for users to enhance their gaming experience and improve their typing accuracy. With its unique design and high-quality materials, these mats are sure to appeal to anyone looking to take their gaming setup to the next level.

Conclusion

In conclusion, AMD's latest development in the world of DIY enthusiast-facing components is certainly an exciting one. With the release of the A520 CPU and the promise of a new Renoir APU, it appears that the company is committed to providing options for those looking to build their own systems without breaking the bank. Additionally, Gamers Nexus has released a new line of wireframe mouse mats, which offer a unique way for users to enhance their gaming experience.

As more information becomes available about these components, we will be sure to provide our readers with the latest updates and news. In the meantime, it's worth keeping an eye on AMD's website and Gamers Nexus for any new developments or announcements regarding these products.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enamd today announced its new a520 chipset following up its previous chipsets in the 500 series line which would include b550 most recently an x570 for it there was also a b550a but that one doesn't count because it was a rebranded b450 that was made basically exclusively for oem so that they could sell something that looked newer than it was but a520 is sort of new a520 mostly takes a 320 which hasn't really been updated since 2017 when it came out with the first generation of ryzen cpus on the first generation of zen architecture so today we're going to be going over the differences in the chipsets between a520 a320 b550 and some of the other chipsets that are most relevant right now and we'll also be talking about some of the future plans for amd cpu support on these chipsets and what it has most immediately coming out in an official capacity not rumors in the pipeline for cpus before that this video is brought to you by the be quiet purebase 500 dx the purebase 500 dx is a new push from be quiet into mesh fronted cases that are more thermally focused the 500dx maintains high build quality and attention to detail for its dust filters front panel installation and fan placement and still has additional focus on noise control the case comes with three 140mm pure wayne's two fan stock and has rgb leds but with a physical hardware switch for easy control learn more about the be quiet purebase 500dx at the link in the description below so we previously did a pretty dedicated video just to chipset differences back when b550 was officially detailed and specified by amd if you'd like to see all of that information again down to more of a per i o level per device level then we'll link that video in the description below this one's going to recap the basics of that information with a focus on a520 we're not going to go over the whole thing again so again if you want the full chipset differences video for your upcoming purchases we'll link that below all right so if you'd forgotten andy originally launched ryzen with a couple of chipsets that sort of stopped getting named or at least stopped getting updates in later years it launched with a320 which was the ultra budget chipset x 300 and then also ab 300 which we almost never really saw now the last three might not sound too familiar and that's because they stopped getting marketed for the most part you can technically run ryzen cpus without a chipset at all and so x300 and ab300 those were targeted more to that type of scenario where board real estate became so crucial and limited that the chipset had to be the cpu it had to do all the i o because it's got an i o die on it and so x 300 was amd's way of saving some space on the motherboard while still getting enough of the i o to that type of user the a320 chipset was an actual chipset it is on the boards and that one was among the cheapest available to diy users and it's persisted unreplaced until now you can expect a520 also to be on low-end motherboards and it should be mostly immediate at this point the motherboard manufacturers will obviously make them in all shapes and prices but for the most part you should be expecting a sub 100 pricing target for the average a520 motherboard to really fill that budget market there are some trade-offs like lack of overclocking support for example but this is more for someone who is either on so strict of a budget that they don't have the room to ask for those things or it's for office types of pcs also these parts will be available through motherboard manufacturers to both diy enthusiasts and to the oem market in the immediate future so this is not an oem only gated launch like the ryzen 4000 series apus were when they were recently announced at least the initial ones getting straight into the specs it's pretty simple and the highlights a520 as only upgrading a few points the cpu usb support is expanded for 3000 series ryzen cpus marked in small text below the 1 usb 3.2 gen 2 text and nothing else changes here it doesn't offer any additional usb ports beyond these at least not without splitting it into lower speed lanes or using some of the general purpose pcie lanes to do it chipsets allow the motherboard manufacturer not you the user but the manufacturers to reallocate general purpose lanes to the devices as they see fit to populate on the board the chipset upgrades its general purpose lanes from pcie 2.x to pcie gen 3. that's it for the primary specification differences that are publicly shown for a320 compared to b550 the largest difference is support of pcie gen 4 for peg or pcie graphics and for cpu storage because this is kind of a basic specs video we're assuming that there might be a wider audience watching this that doesn't know all the stuff that our sort of core audience would know and for those of you who would fit that wider audience segment you're just now buying your question might be okay but do i care about pcie gen 4 just to kind of speed up the conversation for the most part the answer is no primarily if you're buying in this price class to begin with so if you're already looking at a520 as a chipset because b550 is kind of stretching the budget you're not going to be in a position where your your video card even with the 3000 series is going to care unless they they they only put half of the pads on the pcie slot so for the most part the answer is no now a couple of notes here rtx 3000 is coming out and that has a very good chance of potentially changing things with regard to pcie bandwidth and how it gets utilized by the the video cards coming out at the high end but again there's such a price disparity it's unlikely you care at this price class uh you might care if you're an x570 b550 territory but we'll have to check the 3000 series to see we don't actually know right now in an objective sense another thing you might care about pcie gen 4 for would be high speed ssds like the really high speed ssds that might start to matter but again if you're buying that type that class of ssd then you are probably also looking into paying more for a motherboard to begin with for the rest of the differences the next biggest change is the lack of overclocking support b550 and x 470 570 b450 all of those support overclocking the cpus and the cps depending on which generation it is all core overclocks may or may not help a lot first gen they certainly did for the apus they can help a lot athons they can help a lot but for the newer 3000 series cpus you're really more interested in the overclocking options for other things like infinity fabric tuning and memory tuning more than just all core so these features do get gated by the chipset and that's something you should be aware of because overclocking is one of the best ways to try and extract a bit more performance out of the cpu without upgrading it in price class but that does require a motherboard of a higher tier as well although b550 starts pretty cheap so that's not too bad amd also sent us this block diagram to illustrate things the cpu support doesn't change since that's baked into the cpu and it's represented on the far left side the link to the chipset is again gen 3 both ways now as it is on b550 and the usb options are listed above the chipset ultimately as long as the lanes add up to the same maximum total count where higher speed i o costs the maker the motherboard maker more lanes your motherboard maker can configure one of these options listed in the chart here andy has done us all a favor of using speed ratings instead of usb ifs terrible naming scheme as well so there's no confusion about gen 2.1 or 2 by 2 by 2.1 or whatever they were calling it two sata six gigabit per second ports are also supported off of the chipset alongside four additional pcie gen4 lanes may be useful for a capture card or some other type of accessory like a pcie m.2 riser or something a choice of two sata six gigabit per second also known as sata3 or uh two pcie three lanes is also available back to our previous chart of chipset differences v550 gets you extra lanes basically down the entire io listing usable pcie gen 3 lanes go up to 10 on v550 with options to reconfigure to sata as needed as a reminder this doesn't mean you get the option to reconfigure it yourself it's again down to the manufacturer to route things on a per design basis finally here's a more technical representation of amd's graphic there's no new information here really just that there are six usable pcie gen 3 lanes whereas b550 again is running 10 xy 70 runs 0 but it picks up 16 pcie gen 4 lanes instead a520 doesn't have enough total lanes available to run multiple gpus in an official capacity as nvidia requires by 8 for sli for each card at least and amd needs well more than it'll get here to operate well uh with its setups anyway so overall this is an upgrade not only in the bandwidth of a520 versus a320 but also in terms of the usable pcie general purpose lane count uh not a huge change a little bit of one but this is effectively an a320 refresh overall and it's not an entirely new chipset strictly in terms of the specifications listing it's not much has changed now the piece of silicon might be different we haven't looked at it so it could physically be a new chipset in uh technical capacity but this is ultimately a refresh which isn't a bad thing especially since a320 is getting on three years old now and some new pcie general purpose lanes will will do it some good uh so yeah a320 was running four pcie gen two lanes just for perspective and as a reminder andy told us at its announcement of the 4000 series apus when it announced that they were going to oem's first and only at least for now that it would be later releasing a renoir apu that'd be the 4000 series apus for diy enthusiasts we don't have any further official information from amd right now but the company did explicitly promise that it's working on a diy enthusiast-facing apu maybe one of the other oem ones will just come to market or maybe it'll be something entirely new so that's something to keep an eye out for it looks like amd with that news and with this news today is trying to get its final run of pre-zen 3 parts out as quickly as it can so that it can roll into the new stuff relatively smoothly now with a520 preempting that eventual and uh officially promised launch of the renoir apus that might be a good coupling for it but we'd have to see once we get the boards or the cpus a520 is really meant for ultra budget builds it's meant for things like super cheap office pcs for example or systems where you really have no budget you're not going to do any tweaking with it we've not really ever used a320 in any major capacity here we have used it occasionally but not in a way that uh it's not like it makes it into most of our builds because for a long time now the b series boards at the low end although they're not the best boards they do fine for the most part and they're not too expensive if you're looking at v450bi50 changed the game a little bit so we don't have a lot of experience working with a320 but when we did it was mostly look at vrm thermal limitations with sort of mid-range cpu so you do have to be a little bit mindful of the vrm quality of an a520 board if you're buying a higher end cpu it's not really meant to to go that way so one final important note amd explicitly mentioned quote planned support for future ryzen desktop processors based on the zen 3 architecture this is recommitting to its previously controversial zen 3 doubling back when it it cut off support for some chipsets and then brought it back so it's gotten a bit confusing and muddied because of that but the amd website tries to lay it out as cleanly as possible the amd website lists support for a520 as present for ryzen 3000 cpus and zn3 cpus which are not to be confused with ryzen 3000 cpus if again you're you haven't built a pc for a while those are different things so there's no distinction over whether it'd be an apu or a cpu in the zen 3 class just that zen 3 architecture containing products will be supported in some capacity the website does not list support for ryzen 1000 desktop cpus athlon apus like the 3000g for example or ryzen 2000 cpus as they are all explicitly listed as unsupported by amd sometimes this stuff works when officially it shouldn't on paper or it looks like it's disallowed when it'll kind of slip through and work on certain motherboards so that doesn't mean that there won't be an a520 board that's capable of supporting some of these technically unsupported cpus out there but officially it's it's not supposed to be supported between them so that's it for the a520 news hopefully that kind of recaps it again for those of you who are newer here to the scene zen three zen twos and one versus ryzen one two and three they're sort of offset by one so zen one was the only one where they lined up ryzen 1000 series cpus and zn1 architecture you had the ryzen 2000 cpus which were a refresh known as zen plus and that's where it gets offset ryzen 3000 cpu is ours n2 uh ryzen 4 000 cpus will be zen three but ryzen 4000 apu's will not be zen three so uh the aps are typically offset negative one on the naming just to try and help anyone out who's new to this that's it for this one thanks for watching subscribe for more as always if you want to pick up our wireframe mouse mats that the first time we stocked them they sold out in two days we ordered so many this time that that doesn't look like it's gonna happen again but you can go to store.gamersnexus.net they are shipping now if you already have a back order it will go out within the next few days and if you want to place an order uh you should do it soon because we sold through more than half of the inventory that we ordered and we've only just listed them back up for sale again uh thanks for watching subscribe for more we'll see you all next time theamd today announced its new a520 chipset following up its previous chipsets in the 500 series line which would include b550 most recently an x570 for it there was also a b550a but that one doesn't count because it was a rebranded b450 that was made basically exclusively for oem so that they could sell something that looked newer than it was but a520 is sort of new a520 mostly takes a 320 which hasn't really been updated since 2017 when it came out with the first generation of ryzen cpus on the first generation of zen architecture so today we're going to be going over the differences in the chipsets between a520 a320 b550 and some of the other chipsets that are most relevant right now and we'll also be talking about some of the future plans for amd cpu support on these chipsets and what it has most immediately coming out in an official capacity not rumors in the pipeline for cpus before that this video is brought to you by the be quiet purebase 500 dx the purebase 500 dx is a new push from be quiet into mesh fronted cases that are more thermally focused the 500dx maintains high build quality and attention to detail for its dust filters front panel installation and fan placement and still has additional focus on noise control the case comes with three 140mm pure wayne's two fan stock and has rgb leds but with a physical hardware switch for easy control learn more about the be quiet purebase 500dx at the link in the description below so we previously did a pretty dedicated video just to chipset differences back when b550 was officially detailed and specified by amd if you'd like to see all of that information again down to more of a per i o level per device level then we'll link that video in the description below this one's going to recap the basics of that information with a focus on a520 we're not going to go over the whole thing again so again if you want the full chipset differences video for your upcoming purchases we'll link that below all right so if you'd forgotten andy originally launched ryzen with a couple of chipsets that sort of stopped getting named or at least stopped getting updates in later years it launched with a320 which was the ultra budget chipset x 300 and then also ab 300 which we almost never really saw now the last three might not sound too familiar and that's because they stopped getting marketed for the most part you can technically run ryzen cpus without a chipset at all and so x300 and ab300 those were targeted more to that type of scenario where board real estate became so crucial and limited that the chipset had to be the cpu it had to do all the i o because it's got an i o die on it and so x 300 was amd's way of saving some space on the motherboard while still getting enough of the i o to that type of user the a320 chipset was an actual chipset it is on the boards and that one was among the cheapest available to diy users and it's persisted unreplaced until now you can expect a520 also to be on low-end motherboards and it should be mostly immediate at this point the motherboard manufacturers will obviously make them in all shapes and prices but for the most part you should be expecting a sub 100 pricing target for the average a520 motherboard to really fill that budget market there are some trade-offs like lack of overclocking support for example but this is more for someone who is either on so strict of a budget that they don't have the room to ask for those things or it's for office types of pcs also these parts will be available through motherboard manufacturers to both diy enthusiasts and to the oem market in the immediate future so this is not an oem only gated launch like the ryzen 4000 series apus were when they were recently announced at least the initial ones getting straight into the specs it's pretty simple and the highlights a520 as only upgrading a few points the cpu usb support is expanded for 3000 series ryzen cpus marked in small text below the 1 usb 3.2 gen 2 text and nothing else changes here it doesn't offer any additional usb ports beyond these at least not without splitting it into lower speed lanes or using some of the general purpose pcie lanes to do it chipsets allow the motherboard manufacturer not you the user but the manufacturers to reallocate general purpose lanes to the devices as they see fit to populate on the board the chipset upgrades its general purpose lanes from pcie 2.x to pcie gen 3. that's it for the primary specification differences that are publicly shown for a320 compared to b550 the largest difference is support of pcie gen 4 for peg or pcie graphics and for cpu storage because this is kind of a basic specs video we're assuming that there might be a wider audience watching this that doesn't know all the stuff that our sort of core audience would know and for those of you who would fit that wider audience segment you're just now buying your question might be okay but do i care about pcie gen 4 just to kind of speed up the conversation for the most part the answer is no primarily if you're buying in this price class to begin with so if you're already looking at a520 as a chipset because b550 is kind of stretching the budget you're not going to be in a position where your your video card even with the 3000 series is going to care unless they they they only put half of the pads on the pcie slot so for the most part the answer is no now a couple of notes here rtx 3000 is coming out and that has a very good chance of potentially changing things with regard to pcie bandwidth and how it gets utilized by the the video cards coming out at the high end but again there's such a price disparity it's unlikely you care at this price class uh you might care if you're an x570 b550 territory but we'll have to check the 3000 series to see we don't actually know right now in an objective sense another thing you might care about pcie gen 4 for would be high speed ssds like the really high speed ssds that might start to matter but again if you're buying that type that class of ssd then you are probably also looking into paying more for a motherboard to begin with for the rest of the differences the next biggest change is the lack of overclocking support b550 and x 470 570 b450 all of those support overclocking the cpus and the cps depending on which generation it is all core overclocks may or may not help a lot first gen they certainly did for the apus they can help a lot athons they can help a lot but for the newer 3000 series cpus you're really more interested in the overclocking options for other things like infinity fabric tuning and memory tuning more than just all core so these features do get gated by the chipset and that's something you should be aware of because overclocking is one of the best ways to try and extract a bit more performance out of the cpu without upgrading it in price class but that does require a motherboard of a higher tier as well although b550 starts pretty cheap so that's not too bad amd also sent us this block diagram to illustrate things the cpu support doesn't change since that's baked into the cpu and it's represented on the far left side the link to the chipset is again gen 3 both ways now as it is on b550 and the usb options are listed above the chipset ultimately as long as the lanes add up to the same maximum total count where higher speed i o costs the maker the motherboard maker more lanes your motherboard maker can configure one of these options listed in the chart here andy has done us all a favor of using speed ratings instead of usb ifs terrible naming scheme as well so there's no confusion about gen 2.1 or 2 by 2 by 2.1 or whatever they were calling it two sata six gigabit per second ports are also supported off of the chipset alongside four additional pcie gen4 lanes may be useful for a capture card or some other type of accessory like a pcie m.2 riser or something a choice of two sata six gigabit per second also known as sata3 or uh two pcie three lanes is also available back to our previous chart of chipset differences v550 gets you extra lanes basically down the entire io listing usable pcie gen 3 lanes go up to 10 on v550 with options to reconfigure to sata as needed as a reminder this doesn't mean you get the option to reconfigure it yourself it's again down to the manufacturer to route things on a per design basis finally here's a more technical representation of amd's graphic there's no new information here really just that there are six usable pcie gen 3 lanes whereas b550 again is running 10 xy 70 runs 0 but it picks up 16 pcie gen 4 lanes instead a520 doesn't have enough total lanes available to run multiple gpus in an official capacity as nvidia requires by 8 for sli for each card at least and amd needs well more than it'll get here to operate well uh with its setups anyway so overall this is an upgrade not only in the bandwidth of a520 versus a320 but also in terms of the usable pcie general purpose lane count uh not a huge change a little bit of one but this is effectively an a320 refresh overall and it's not an entirely new chipset strictly in terms of the specifications listing it's not much has changed now the piece of silicon might be different we haven't looked at it so it could physically be a new chipset in uh technical capacity but this is ultimately a refresh which isn't a bad thing especially since a320 is getting on three years old now and some new pcie general purpose lanes will will do it some good uh so yeah a320 was running four pcie gen two lanes just for perspective and as a reminder andy told us at its announcement of the 4000 series apus when it announced that they were going to oem's first and only at least for now that it would be later releasing a renoir apu that'd be the 4000 series apus for diy enthusiasts we don't have any further official information from amd right now but the company did explicitly promise that it's working on a diy enthusiast-facing apu maybe one of the other oem ones will just come to market or maybe it'll be something entirely new so that's something to keep an eye out for it looks like amd with that news and with this news today is trying to get its final run of pre-zen 3 parts out as quickly as it can so that it can roll into the new stuff relatively smoothly now with a520 preempting that eventual and uh officially promised launch of the renoir apus that might be a good coupling for it but we'd have to see once we get the boards or the cpus a520 is really meant for ultra budget builds it's meant for things like super cheap office pcs for example or systems where you really have no budget you're not going to do any tweaking with it we've not really ever used a320 in any major capacity here we have used it occasionally but not in a way that uh it's not like it makes it into most of our builds because for a long time now the b series boards at the low end although they're not the best boards they do fine for the most part and they're not too expensive if you're looking at v450bi50 changed the game a little bit so we don't have a lot of experience working with a320 but when we did it was mostly look at vrm thermal limitations with sort of mid-range cpu so you do have to be a little bit mindful of the vrm quality of an a520 board if you're buying a higher end cpu it's not really meant to to go that way so one final important note amd explicitly mentioned quote planned support for future ryzen desktop processors based on the zen 3 architecture this is recommitting to its previously controversial zen 3 doubling back when it it cut off support for some chipsets and then brought it back so it's gotten a bit confusing and muddied because of that but the amd website tries to lay it out as cleanly as possible the amd website lists support for a520 as present for ryzen 3000 cpus and zn3 cpus which are not to be confused with ryzen 3000 cpus if again you're you haven't built a pc for a while those are different things so there's no distinction over whether it'd be an apu or a cpu in the zen 3 class just that zen 3 architecture containing products will be supported in some capacity the website does not list support for ryzen 1000 desktop cpus athlon apus like the 3000g for example or ryzen 2000 cpus as they are all explicitly listed as unsupported by amd sometimes this stuff works when officially it shouldn't on paper or it looks like it's disallowed when it'll kind of slip through and work on certain motherboards so that doesn't mean that there won't be an a520 board that's capable of supporting some of these technically unsupported cpus out there but officially it's it's not supposed to be supported between them so that's it for the a520 news hopefully that kind of recaps it again for those of you who are newer here to the scene zen three zen twos and one versus ryzen one two and three they're sort of offset by one so zen one was the only one where they lined up ryzen 1000 series cpus and zn1 architecture you had the ryzen 2000 cpus which were a refresh known as zen plus and that's where it gets offset ryzen 3000 cpu is ours n2 uh ryzen 4 000 cpus will be zen three but ryzen 4000 apu's will not be zen three so uh the aps are typically offset negative one on the naming just to try and help anyone out who's new to this that's it for this one thanks for watching subscribe for more as always if you want to pick up our wireframe mouse mats that the first time we stocked them they sold out in two days we ordered so many this time that that doesn't look like it's gonna happen again but you can go to store.gamersnexus.net they are shipping now if you already have a back order it will go out within the next few days and if you want to place an order uh you should do it soon because we sold through more than half of the inventory that we ordered and we've only just listed them back up for sale again uh thanks for watching subscribe for more we'll see you all next time the\n"