Gigabyte A520M K V2 Micro AM4 Micro-ATX DDR4 Motherboard

Gigabyte A520M K V2 Micro-ATX AM4 Motherboard

A no-frills AM4 board for low-cost Ryzen office and family PCs, with HDMI and VGA outputs for processors with integrated graphics.

The Gigabyte A520M K V2 is the kind of board you choose when the budget matters more than the feature list. It supports AMD Ryzen 3000, 4000 G-Series, 5000 and 5000 G-Series processors on the AM4 socket, and pairs best with a 65W G-Series chip such as a Ryzen 5 5600G so the on-board HDMI 2.1 and D-Sub outputs can be used without a graphics card. Two DDR4 slots take up to 64GB and support XMP profiles up to 5100MHz. Punch can build it into a compact system with a matching case and memory.

Expansion and storage

A PCIe 3.0 x16 slot from the CPU accepts a graphics card if you later want one, and a PCIe 3.0 x1 slot is available for a network or sound card. Storage comes from a single M.2 slot that accepts 2280 drives in PCIe 3.0 x4 or SATA mode, plus four SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1 and 10 support. The 4+2 phase power design has no VRM heatsink, which is why it suits 65W processors rather than a Ryzen 9.

Connectivity

The rear panel provides four USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, two USB 2.0 ports, a PS/2 keyboard and mouse port, Realtek Gigabit Ethernet and three audio jacks from the Realtek high-definition codec. Internal headers add two USB 3.2 Gen 1 and four USB 2.0 ports for the case front panel. There is no Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or RGB lighting, which keeps the cost down.

Reliability and BIOS

Gigabyte’s Ultra Durable design, an AMI UEFI BIOS with Q-Flash updates, a TPM header, chassis intrusion header and a system fan header alongside the CPU fan header cover the basics for a dependable everyday machine.

Ideal for

• Budget office and home PCs using a Ryzen G-Series processor
• Point-of-sale and reception desk systems needing a VGA output
• Simple rebuilds that reuse DDR4 memory and an AM4 processor

Specifications

• Chipset: AMD A520
• Socket: AM4, AMD Ryzen 5000 G-Series, 5000, 4000 G-Series, 3000 and 3000 G-Series
• Form factor: Micro-ATX, 23.3 x 19.8 cm
• Memory: 2 x DDR4 DIMM, max 64GB (32GB per DIMM), up to 5100MHz (OC), dual channel, XMP
• Expansion slots: 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 (CPU), 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 (chipset)
• M.2: 1 x Socket 3 M key, type 2280, SATA and PCIe 3.0 x4/x2
• SATA: 4 x SATA 6Gb/s, RAID 0/1/10
• LAN: Realtek GbE (1Gbps/100Mbps)
• Wireless: none
• Audio: Realtek high-definition audio codec, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
• Rear USB: 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 2 x USB 2.0
• Video outputs: 1 x HDMI 2.1 (4096 x 2160 at 60Hz, HDR), 1 x D-Sub (1920 x 1200 at 60Hz)
• Other rear I/O: 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse, 1 x RJ-45, 3 x audio jacks
• Internal USB: 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 header (2 ports), 2 x USB 2.0 headers (4 ports)
• Fan headers: 1 x CPU, 1 x system
• Power: 1 x 24-pin ATX, 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V
• Other: TPM header (GC-TPM2.0_S), chassis intrusion header, speaker header, AMI UEFI BIOS with Q-Flash