Given the spectacular price rise of DDR5, AMD is considering resurrecting the B650 chipset
The rise and excessive commitment to “Artificial Intelligence” continues to wreak havoc on consumer hardware as the demand for components for data centers aimed at this task increases and, therefore, its price.
After the excessive increase in the price of GPUs, now it is the turn of the RAM memorywhere we have already seen truly spectacular price increases where, in less than a month, the price of DDR5 memory modules has multiplied by six.
AMD plans to maintain its B650 chipset, whose production was scheduled to end this month
Given this panorama, where considerable price increases are also expected in computers and laptops, it seems that companies are beginning to make a move. According to the latest rumors, AMD is considering reviving its B650 chipset of the last generation to try to ensure that the increase in the price of RAM does not affect the sales of its processors.
The B650 chipset can give life to motherboards with socket AM5, the latest from AMD, and is compatible with DDR4 or DDR5 memory (or even hybrids like this one). The company had plans to discontinue this product at the end of this year, this month; but the current situation of uncontrolled DDR5 prices would have made them reconsider the decision.
The launch of new boards with support for DDR4 could alleviate the situation a little for all those who want to build a PC and do not need the latest of the latest. Ultimately, the B650 chipset lacks certain technologies such as PCI Express 5.0, but they still allow you to create high-performance computers at a cheaper price. Even on PCs that opt for DDR5 it would mean some savings purchase a B650 board over a B850 or higher.
At the moment, there is no confirmation from AMD about these rumors.
