Rumor: AMD B550 chipset gets support for multiple GPUs and PCI-e 4.0

AMD’s upcoming B550 chipset will likely receive support for PCI-e 4.0 and multiple video cards. This is according to information from the Chinese website HKEPC. It is not yet known when the first B550 motherboards will be released.

The B550 chipset is mainly an improved version of B450, writes HKEPC. The tech site writes that the new chipset officially supports PCI-e 4.0 for video cards and M2 SSDs. However, the lanes in the chipset itself are still PCI-e 3.0. To use the newer PCI-e standard, users must therefore install a Ryzen 3000 CPU, since such processors do contain PCI-e 4.0 lanes.

The suspected B550 specifications. Image via HKEPC

The new chipset also offers native support for USB 3.1 Gen 2 with transfer speeds of up to 10 Gbit/s. Also, according to HKEPC, users can still overclock their CPUs with a B550 motherboard, and the chipset offers support for multiple video cards with CrossFire or SLI. Current B350 and B450 motherboards do not offer this support.

Earlier this week, an image of a suspected B550 motherboard appeared, VideoCardz reports. This motherboard has a micro-ATX form factor and contains two ddr4-dimm slots, two full pci-e connectors and a single m2 connector. The motherboard also has a relatively simple VRM design with 4+2 phases. HKEPC also shares an image of a motherboard with B550 chipset. This motherboard has four dimm slots, but further specifications are still unknown.

The images of two B550 motherboards. Photos via VideoCardz and HKEPC