AMD reveals its B550 series chipset – PCIe 4.0 for everyone

It’s finally happening, PCIe 4.0 is entering the mainstream market. Today, AMD has revealed low-cost PCIe 4.0 compatible Ryzen 3 processors and B550 motherboard, bringing PCIe 4.0 support to the masses for the first time. 

This year, more PCIe 4.0 compatible SSDs and controllers are due to hit the market, ushering in a new era of storage performance. This will be a critical factor moving forward, especially as consoles like the Xbox Series X and PS5 start to push the potential of their included SSDs. 

B550-based motherboards are due to release on June 16th, with Rock, ASUS, Biostar, Colorful, Gigabyte and MSI offering their own models. This should mean that PC gamers should expect great value from these board designs, which will deliver industry-leading pricing for PCIe 4.0 compatible motherboards. 

At this time, AMD has embargoed further information about its B550 chipset, but we will let you know further details when we are allowed to discuss the chipset further. 

With Intel lacking PCIe 4.0 support in its mainstream and high-end motherboard designs, PCIe 4.0 has become a key advantage moving forward. As gaming enters the era of NVMe storage, AMD will stand as the only mainstream CPU/motherboard provider that supports the fastest NVMe storage devices.