ASRock dropped the H610M Combo motherboard with both DDR4 and DDR5 slots on the same board, which seems like a weird flex during the current memory price apocalypse. The micro-ATX board supports Intel's 12th through 14th-gen chips and packs six DIMM slots in total, split between four DDR5 and two DDR4.
The catch is you can only use one memory type at a time, and the specs are pretty basic, with a single Gen 3.0 M.2 slot and three PCIe x16 slots, with only the primary one running at x16. DDR5 maxes out at 96GB and 4800MT/s while DDR4 tops out at 64GB and 3800MT/s, depending on your setup.
The back panel looks ancient with VGA and DVI ports alongside HDMI, plus a PS/2 connector that nobody has needed since forever. This board screams budget build for people who want flexibility with their RAM choices.
The catch is you can only use one memory type at a time, and the specs are pretty basic, with a single Gen 3.0 M.2 slot and three PCIe x16 slots, with only the primary one running at x16. DDR5 maxes out at 96GB and 4800MT/s while DDR4 tops out at 64GB and 3800MT/s, depending on your setup.
The back panel looks ancient with VGA and DVI ports alongside HDMI, plus a PS/2 connector that nobody has needed since forever. This board screams budget build for people who want flexibility with their RAM choices.
