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GIGABYTE (Intel) Z490 and (AMD) B550 motherboards spotted at EEC

Gigabyte B550 motherboards AMD has been suspiciously quiet about its B550 motherboards. There was only a B550A chipset designed specifically for OEMs, but unlike B550 non-A, that chipset only supported PCI-Express 3.0 standard, AMD's Robert Hallock explains (Reddit): “It has a B550A motherboard. This is a version of the PCIe Gen 3 ‘Promontory-LP’ (e.g., X470, B450) chipset specifically for use in pre-built systems (e.g. OEM customers). […] OEMs are customers, too, and they may have different needs and wants than a DIYer. Not every product decision is considered through the lens of a channel product.” The B550 is expected to be...

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