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computer repair engineer from Belarus comments:
i must inform thy users that pci-e support does not correspond to the chipset.
any am4 chipset supports any am4 cpu - thats the question of bios and agesa (and pcb design, tho athlons like 9xxx requires some straps on am4 socket that will not allow the board to pass s3 state (in simple words it will give no reaction on power button press))
you can get pci-e gen4 without the chipset (with knoll)
you can get pci-e gen4 on any chipset with specific agesa (AGESA 1.0.0.3 AB)
excluding some nonsense athlons, ryzen 1xxx-2xxx-3xxx-4xxx-5xxx works on any chipset, including their G versions
i also added part number names
see my precious list
100-CG2978 218-0892000 KNOLL1 Knoll A300
a320-b450-x470, x399 also, similar footprint on pcb call it footprint number 1
b550, a520 has footprint number 2
WRX80, trx40, X570 has footprint number 3
theoretically speaking i am confident that people can design the substrate that will fit into trx4, sp3 socket that will have am4 socket on top, modify the bios (just flash some regular am4 motherboard) and get it post. tho only 4 dram slots , and only 1 pci-e x16 will work
B550
The AMD webpages fairly scream the point that B550 enables PCIe 4.0. I looked a bit but was not 100% sure that this is limited v4.0 function from the CPU chip and the chipset only provides additional v.30 lanes. Too busy to dig deeper right now. I would appreciate an authoritative read of this issue.
Thought that might be the case. I appreciate your confirmation of my nebulous assessment. However for most use cases of user workstations, no more would be needed. This is true for my X570 one year in. Thanks for the answer -- Dale
this should be updated with an annotation. it'll be very confusing for people who will come here in 2-3 years when looking for used parts and checking chipset/CPU support Nestea Zen (talk) 15:38, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
But no explicit mention of pcie 4 GPU lanes. where's the reference that explains that annotation (a)? ref 7 just has one line on it. there isn't even any differentiation between chipset and CPU lanes Nestea Zen (talk) 17:33, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I called the CPU/APU link UMI based on history, but based on all the references I'm reading it's a plain PCIe x4 connection. I suppose this should be renamed. Thoughts? Dbsseven (talk) 23:22, 2 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]
X399
Right now X399 does not fit in this table as it is not an AM4 chipset. Does anyone have any thoughts/objections if I were to move this article and rename it "Zen chipsets" (or something similar)? This would make it more inclusive and avoid a separate section/table on the AMD chipsets article page. Dbsseven (talk) 15:04, 13 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
fun fact it is an am4 chipset lol ;) pin-pin compatible, i bet you can even create a pcb substrate to attach am4 cpu into trx socket, flash the bios from some regular am4 x470 and get it post 37.214.35.82 (talk) 19:30, 17 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A300
Should the "chipset-less" A300 be added, now that at least one motherboard (used in the ASRock DeskMini A300) makes use of it? It's a little odd, because it's not an actual chip – more accurately, it's the absence of one – but it has a part number so I think perhaps it should. The four PCIe v3.0 lanes that would normally connect to an X470, B350, etc. are available for other purposes, such as an additional M.2 socket. 87.75.117.183 (talk) 02:39, 4 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Added it as Knoll activator. It is not a chipset, but just a I2C dongle that signals the processor to activate its features. The A300 is Knoll signalling no-overclock, and X300 is Knoll signalling yes-overclock. Erkin AlpGüney18:04, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Odd graph rotation
Looking at the graph for LGA 1151 and comparing it to this is very awkward because this one puts features on columns and chipsets on rows where as the LGA 1151 graph puts it the other way around. Should the graph be changed for consistency? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.207.24.241 (talk) 21:01, 4 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
this for sure is a weird graph and information. this has been copied from wikichip most probably. the funny thing is wikichip doesn't have a table for intel chipsets. pcie 4 is supported on b550 but no mention of that in the zen 2 chipset table. very confusing information. it would help if there was info on amd.com as there is on intel.com. AMD's product documentation sucks Nestea Zen (talk) 15:35, 5 September 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, a few motherboards by ASRock and MSI with A320 do support them with an experimental BIOS, however, not to full power limits, as power regulators in A320 boards are generally not capable of CPU power figures that high. Erkin AlpGüney18:05, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
New table design proposal
Here is a proposed new design for the table that is not too wide and shows all information in a clear manner
^Bonshor, Gavin (May 26, 2019). "AMD Reveals the X570 Chipset: PCIe 4.0 is Here". AnandTech. Retrieved August 19, 2020. One of the caveats to a more powerful chipset is that it draws around 11 W of power.