AMD's second-generation Ruilong and X470 motherboards are currently in the high-end market. Next, we will soon see the new low-end second-generation Ruilong products, and the new boards such as B450 motherboards, ASUS, Gigabyte, ASRock, and MSI. Have been exposed.
Now, ASRock's new Fatal1ty B450 GAMING-ITX/AC has quietly appeared on the shelves of American new eggs. A powerful ITX mini steel cannon, priced at 129.99 US dollars, about 870 yuan.
Interestingly, the spec sheet is mentioned abruptly.Raven Ridge 2', It seems to be the second generation of Acer APU, but more like a 'castration version'.
Raven Ridge 2 appears twice in the spec sheet. One is the expansion slot mode, the first one only supports PCI-E x4 mode, and the first generation Raven Ridge supports PCI-E x8.
The other is the M.2 storage specification, Raven Ridge supports PCI-E 3.0 x4 mode, and Raven Ridge 2 only supports PCI-E 3.0 x2.
Look like this, Raven Ridge 2 is not a new generation of products, but Lite version of existing models For example, cut to dual-core four threads, 192 stream processors and the like, to provide entry-level entertainment and office market, can also better compete for Pentium, Celeron.
According to the road map, The true second-generation Acer APU codename Picasso (Picasso), will use 7nm process, Zen 2 architecture and stronger Vega GPU However, I am afraid that I will be in the middle of next year.
Finally, take a look at Fatal1ty B450 GAMING-ITX/AC: