First (Junky) AM4 Motherboard Spotted

[awesomeness10120]

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Clarification: This appears to be an HP OEM AM4 motherboard. Low-end, and for a Bristol Ridge APU. Hence why it looks like something you wouldn't want in your machine.

Was chatting on the AMD discord chat and we noticed a few interesting things about this image.

1. The memory sticks shown to the side are definitely DDR4. The slots are definitely DDR4 slots (location of notch vs. DDR3)
2. There is a chip on the board with the AMD logo on it. This may be the promontory chip.
3. There are display outputs on the board, so this is definitely meant to be for an APU. (Summit ridge will not have an iGP, so bristol ridge?)
4. There does not appear to be a southbridge or northbridge. AMD has stated that the southbridge and northbridge will be integrated for AM4-based systems.
5. There is no 24 pin power connector - why? This appears to be an OEM board. If you look closely, you can see an HP logo on the motherboard. HP has a proprietary board and power delivery system for many of their existing motherboards that do not have a 24 pin connector either. However, they're low end systems (HP 6005 comes to mind). This adds to the notion that the chip used is Bristol Ridge, an APU (not zen-powered, however) Here is a motherboard used in an HP 6005 for comparison:https://sc01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB156pfJFXXXXahXpXXq6xXFXXXf/Free-shipping-for-font-b-hp-b-font-font-b-6005-b-font-Pro-font-b.jpg

This appears to be a Bristol Ridge APU on an HP AM4 motherboard with DDR4 memory.

On the AMD subreddit, an HP OEM AM4 motherboard was spotted. This also completely affirms no PCH on the motherboard as well as the return of the PGA socket. Of course, it being a pre-build board it is crappy, but hey, it's an entirely new socket and platform.

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4mawyj/am4_motherboard/

[Energycore]

Ew, proprietary connectors. Those are the worst.

[pagani123]

yikes  

[unidentical]

Colour scheme straight out of early 90s Lego. Hot.

[That Norwegian Guy]

 

The fuuuuuutureeee

 

That socket size is awesome, mini-ITX will be possible this time!

[awesomeness10120]

4 minutes ago, That Norwegian Guy said:

 

The fuuuuuutureeee

 

That socket size is awesome, mini-ITX will be possible this time!

Along with no PCH, you can save tons of room on a motherboard. Dual M.2 MATX FTW!

[Misanthrope]

Boy you were definitely NOT kidding when you said junky. In fact you're kind of insulting much better looking junk imho.

[Albatross]

You were being kind by saying "junky"...

[awesomeness10120]

One of the most interesting aspects that I forgot to mention is the cooler mounting holes, which confirms a new socket. AMD may be moving to the same mounting holes as Intel LGA sockets. 

[zMeul]

this isn't "news"

posted this ~2days ago in the other thread:  https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/605138-amd-confirms-key-summit-ridge-specs/?do=findComment&comment=7841017

[Mattb6288]

this motherboard looks like is straight out of 2005

[awesomeness10120]

20 minutes ago, zMeul said:

this isn't "news"

posted this ~2days ago in the other thread:  https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/605138-amd-confirms-key-summit-ridge-specs/?do=findComment&comment=7841017

This is about the new motherboard design and platform. Not the CPU itself. 

[Ze_Mako]

My dog's puke is more appealing than that motherboard's color scheme.

 

 

[zMeul]

9 minutes ago, awesomeness10120 said:

This is about the new motherboard design and platform. Not the CPU itself. 

it ties together since NB and SB will now be integrated into the CPU

the only thing that remains on the mobo will be a optional "Promontory" chip that I also talked about in that thread: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/605138-amd-confirms-key-summit-ridge-specs/?do=findComment&comment=7841447

that gray chip labeled AMD near the I/O might be the Promontory

[iHardware Shelden]

Interesting, I don't know how much to believe but I would not be surprised if it is true. I do find it funny how much people are hating on the color and just overall look of the motherboard... it is an OEM (HP motherboard apparently) that will be used in what looks like a slimline or mini tower of an upcoming consumer,or possible business line, were looks are the last thing on there mind. Why? because it is going to be put in a case with no side panel window and under a desk in grandmas living room... I know this is an enthusiast forum but when you are complaining about the looks of OEM motherboards and not caring about what it might feature performance and reliability wise I think it is a sign you are spoiling yourself a little bit in the looks department. Not everyone cares about how a computer looks, most just want it to function. Sorry for my rant but most of the comments here are about looks and not features... 

[iHardware Shelden]

23 minutes ago, ONOTech said:

Who's the genius that decided to place the sata ports above the PCIe slot

Possibly to work around the design of the case, especially if it ends up being a slimline style case were layout is key in order to get parts to fit the way they want them to.

[RexinOridle]

Guys, this is most likely just an early prototype. But can't wait to see the real ones, specially the ROG series for me.

[iHardware Shelden]

1 minute ago, ONOTech said:

Weird. All the slimlines I've worked with had the sata ports at the very edge of the motherboard. I don't think I've ever seen a design like thsi one before

It's possible they changed it or that is just were they wanted to place the ports, persoanlly I don't think it should matter assuming the hard drive(s) are placed in the appropriate location. 

[rattacko123]

1 hour ago, zMeul said:

this isn't "news"

posted this ~2days ago in the other thread:  https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/605138-amd-confirms-key-summit-ridge-specs/?do=findComment&comment=7841017

 This post is more easier to find, and gives all the information in 1 post. your posts are spread throughout that other thread and take a while to find. This post also explains more about the motherboard and who manufactured it.

[zMeul]

31 minutes ago, rattacko123 said:

 This post is more easier to find,

it's the same debate, as I said to the OP too

 

we're gonna have yet another handful of topics like we had for RX480?!

[vanished]

I like the completely random assortment of sata connectors.  It's like the designer just took a handful of the plastic bits, tossed them on the board, and wired it up where they fell  

[Tarzan]

I actually like the blue and yellow color scheme

[vanished]

1 minute ago, Tarzan said:

I actually like the blue and yellow color scheme

Perhaps nostalgia for lego?

[handymanshandle]

I don't think the Blue/Yellow scheme this OEM is using is hideous, it could be worse. Obviously consumer AM4 boards will be different. But since this is surfacing, its possible we might be getting Zen sometime this summer since all I recall Lisa Su talking about was the Zen is still alive and it's on schedule and it'll be a 40% IPC increase over Excavator based FX CPUs. I'd be really interested to see prices and benches. Because if it can beat an i5 6600K and cost marginally less. I'd go for it. Though I suppose I'd also want MSI to do a near copy of their Z170A SLI Plus, though they could call it like the like AM4 CF Plus. I'm also intrigued to see if having NB and SB on the CPU itself causes issues, like @zMeul brought up. And what the optional promontory is exactly for and what it can do.  

 

Right now the RX 480 doesn't seem like a very practical GPU for 1440p though I suppose it could do 1440p so long as you got the 8GB version so it's more like the 390/390X it seems that it's suppose to compete with in terms of performance.

 

 

[WolfDeville]

What don't people get by "OEM"? This is HP, they make computers targeted towards the people that just buy computers and use them. They don't tinker with them, they don't mod their cases they just use the damn machine and don't give two shits about how the internals look because they will never open it.