MAXSUN opened pre-orders for their MS-iCraft B850 AIGA motherboard at 225 bucks, and the ATX board packs a 16-plus-2-plus-1 phase power system rated for unlocked AMD chips pulling 400 watts. Four DDR5 slots can hit 8400 megatransfers when overclocked, while storage covers two processor-linked M.2 slots running PCIe 5.0 plus two more chipset-fed slots at PCIe 4.0 speeds.
Connectivity gets handled by Realtek's 5-gigabit Ethernet chip paired with MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless. The rear panel dumps out a bunch of USB-C and USB-A ports at different speeds, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, antenna connectors, and audio jacks powered by an ALC1220 codec. Expansion slots are split between two PCIe 5.0 lanes from the processor and one PCIe 3.0 slot from the chipset.
Connectivity gets handled by Realtek's 5-gigabit Ethernet chip paired with MediaTek Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 wireless. The rear panel dumps out a bunch of USB-C and USB-A ports at different speeds, HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, antenna connectors, and audio jacks powered by an ALC1220 codec. Expansion slots are split between two PCIe 5.0 lanes from the processor and one PCIe 3.0 slot from the chipset.
