Gigabyte B850M Gaming X WIFI6E Micro AM5 Micro-ATX DDR5 Motherboard

Gigabyte B850M Gaming X WIFI6E Micro-ATX AM5 Motherboard

A compact AM5 gaming board with PCIe 5.0 graphics and storage, 2.5Gb LAN and Wi-Fi 6E for Ryzen 7000, 8000 and 9000 systems.

The Gigabyte B850M Gaming X WIFI6E is the step up from a basic B850M board for anyone building a small Ryzen gaming PC. It supports every AM5 processor from Ryzen 7000 to Ryzen 9000, its four DDR5 slots take up to 256GB at speeds up to 8200 MT/s with EXPO or XMP, and the reinforced PCIe 5.0 x16 slot is ready for current and next-generation graphics cards. Punch can supply it fitted in a new Micro-ATX or Mini-tower build.

Storage and expansion

Both M.2 slots are wired directly to the processor. The primary slot supports PCIe 5.0 x4 drives from 2280 up to 25110 length, and the second runs at PCIe 4.0 x4 for 2280 or 22110 drives; both are fitted with heatsinks and tool-free latches. Four SATA 6Gb/s ports with RAID support handle hard drives, and a PCIe 3.0 x16-length slot running at x4 remains for an add-in card.

Connectivity

The rear panel offers a USB Type-C port at USB 3.2 Gen 2, a red USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port, two USB 3.2 Gen 1 and four USB 2.0 ports, HDMI 2.1 and two DisplayPort 1.4 outputs for the processor’s Radeon graphics, a PS/2 port, Realtek 2.5Gb Ethernet, two Wi-Fi antenna connectors, three audio jacks and a Q-Flash Plus button. The Realtek RTL8852CE module provides Wi-Fi 6E on the 2.4, 5 and 6GHz bands with 160MHz channels and Bluetooth 5.3. Front-panel headers add a USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, two Gen 1 and four USB 2.0 ports.

Cooling and lighting

Four fan and pump headers with water-flow detection, three addressable RGB Gen 2 headers and one RGB header, a reset button, TPM header and Q-Flash Plus BIOS recovery keep a small build tidy and easy to service.

Ideal for

• Compact Ryzen 5 and Ryzen 7 gaming PCs
• Small-form-factor creator systems needing PCIe 5.0 NVMe storage
• Home PCs that want 2.5Gb LAN, Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth built in

Specifications

• Chipset: AMD B850
• Socket: AM5, AMD Ryzen 9000 / 8000 / 7000 Series
• Form factor: Micro-ATX, 24.4 x 24.4 cm
• Memory: 4 x DDR5 DIMM, max 256GB (64GB per DIMM), up to 8200 MT/s (OC), dual channel, AMD EXPO and XMP
• Expansion slots: 1 x PCIe 5.0 x16 (CPU; PCIe 4.0 x8 with Ryzen 8000 Phoenix 1, x4 with Phoenix 2), 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 at x4 (chipset)
• M.2: M2A_CPU type 25110/22110/2580/2280 PCIe 5.0 x4 (PCIe 4.0 with Ryzen 8000); M2B_CPU type 22110/2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
• SATA: 4 x SATA 6Gb/s, RAID 0/1/10 (RAID 5 for NVMe on Ryzen 9000)
• LAN: Realtek 2.5GbE
• Wireless: Realtek RTL8852CE Wi-Fi 6E, 2.4/5/6GHz, 160MHz, Bluetooth 5.3
• Audio: Realtek high-definition audio codec, 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
• Rear USB: 1 x USB Type-C 3.2 Gen 2, 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 4 x USB 2.0
• Video outputs: 1 x HDMI 2.1 (4096 x 2160 at 60Hz, HDR), 2 x DisplayPort 1.4 (3840 x 2160 at 144Hz)
• Other rear I/O: 1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse, 1 x RJ-45, 2 x antenna connectors, 3 x audio jacks, Q-Flash Plus button
• Internal USB: 1 x USB Type-C header (3.2 Gen 2), 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 CPU/pump, 1 x system, 1 x system/pump
• Power: 1 x 24-pin ATX, 1 x 8-pin ATX 12V
• Lighting: 3 x addressable RGB Gen 2 headers, 1 x RGB header
• Other: reset button, TPM header, 256Mbit BIOS