A Chinese company just dropped a dirt-cheap AM5 motherboard for under seventy bucks. The manufacturer JGINYUE unveiled two new models, the black B850M Aurora-B and the white B650EM Aurora, both priced around seventy dollars in China. These boards support the full range of AMD Ryzen processors on the AM5 platform, including the newest 9000 series chips, and offer solid specs like DDR5 memory support up to 8000 mega-transfers per second and a PCIe 5.0 graphics card slot.
The boards pack a surprising amount of features for their ultra-budget price point. They come with three M.2 slots for storage, one of them being a Gen5 slot with its own heatsink, plus a 2.5 gigabit ethernet port and headers for Wi-Fi and RGB lighting. Their power delivery uses an 8+2+1 phase design, which is decent for an entry-level platform. This pricing undercuts the cheapest comparable B850 and B650E options available in the American market by a significant margin, offering potential savings for cost-conscious system builders.
Availability remains the main catch, as these specific models are currently only for sale in China. If the manufacturer ever decides to offer them in other regions, they would provide serious competition to more established brands. For now, they represent a notable move to make the newer AM5 platform more accessible with capable, no-frills hardware at a very aggressive price.
The boards pack a surprising amount of features for their ultra-budget price point. They come with three M.2 slots for storage, one of them being a Gen5 slot with its own heatsink, plus a 2.5 gigabit ethernet port and headers for Wi-Fi and RGB lighting. Their power delivery uses an 8+2+1 phase design, which is decent for an entry-level platform. This pricing undercuts the cheapest comparable B850 and B650E options available in the American market by a significant margin, offering potential savings for cost-conscious system builders.
Availability remains the main catch, as these specific models are currently only for sale in China. If the manufacturer ever decides to offer them in other regions, they would provide serious competition to more established brands. For now, they represent a notable move to make the newer AM5 platform more accessible with capable, no-frills hardware at a very aggressive price.
