AMD A520 Chipset Arrives – 5 AMD A520 Motherboards Listed
AMD has officially launched the budget friendly AMD A520 chipset for socket AM4. The new AMD A520 is currently available from all the major motherboard manufacturers and is a lower cost alternative to the B550 and X570 AMD chipsets. The main ‘missing’ features would be PCIe 4.0 support, dual graphics support and overclocking. So, clearly this platform is not aimed at gamers and enthusiasts.
The good news is that A520 does support AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Desktop Processors with planned support for future Ryzen Desktop Processors based on the Zen 3 architecture. This means there is an upgrade path available, which is important to many. Zen 3 support is hit or miss for many X470 and B450 motherboards. The AMD A520 chipset offers guaranteed support without having to rely on vendor-specific UEFI/BIOS released.
So, AMD A520 is here and might be the ideal chipset for home and office PC users that aren’t looking for looking to run two graphics cards, PCIe 4.0 devices or mess with overclocking.
Some of the A520 motherboards on the market today are pictured below:
ASRock A520M PRO4
ASUS TUF Gaming A520M-PLUS
BIOSTAR A520MH
GIGABYTE A520 AORUS Elite
GIGABYTE A520M DS3H – $74.99 MSRP
GIGABYTE A520M S2H – $69.99 MSRP
MSI MAG A520M VECTOR WIFI
