The upcoming launch of the AMD entry-level A620 chip promises motherboards starting at $125.

As producers like GIGABYTE and ASUS have started filing regulatory documents for their upcoming products with the Eurasian Economic Commission, AMD’s entry-level A620 chipset for Socket AM5 motherboards is getting close to being on sale (EEC). These should enable AMD to achieve their goal of lowering AM5 motherboard beginning prices to USD $125. With specifications like the lack of CPU overclocking support, a small number of PCIe Gen 3 downstream lanes, and the absence of PCIe Gen 5 on both the PEG and CPU-attached M.2 slots, AMD will be able to distinguish the A620 from the B650 (which could at least be limited to Gen 4 if not Gen 3).

Even while motherboards may be inexpensive, overall platform costs may still be higher than those for Intel’s H610 or future H710 chipsets because Socket AM5 doesn’t enable DDR4 memory and forces you to buy DDR5 even at entry-level prices. However, A620 guarantees platform durability, stating that it would support CPU versions that debut even after 2025. When AMD mentioned “65 W CPUs and entry-level motherboards” side by side in its 2023 CES Keynote talk, it gave a big indication about the availability of motherboards with the A620 chipset. The 65 W Ryzen 7000 series processors are currently available, so the A620 ought to be close at hand. AMD plans to introduce its top-tier Ryzen 7000X3D CPUs in February 2023.