Sapphire Launches NITRO+ B650I WIFI Ultra Platinum, It’s First AMD AM5 Motherboard

Sapphire has introduced its first AM5 socket motherboard, the Nitro+ B650I WIFI Ultra Platinum which features a Mini-ITX design.

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The Sapphire Nitro+ B650I WIFI Ultra Platinum is the successor to the B550I variant of the same motherboard. The product comes in the Mini-ITX form factor which means that it's compatible with both big and small PC chassis. The motherboard is also the first AMD AM5 socket motherboard from the vendor.

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Starting with the specifications, the AM5 socket on the Sapphire Nitro+ B650I WIFI Ultra Platinum is powered by an 8+2 Phase (70A Powerstage) VRM which is controlled by a XDPE 192C3B PWM IC. The power delivery is housed under a heatsink. The motherboard features two DDR5 DIMM slots which support up to 64 GB capacities at speeds of 6000+ MT/s (OC). Power is provided through a single 8-pin connector and the standard 24-pin ATX connector.

The motherboard supports all AMD Ryzen 7000 CPUs & Ryzen 8000G APUs. Given that AMD's next-gen Ryzen "Zen 5" CPUs are fast approaching launch, we can expect new BIOS updates for the motherboard in the next few months.

Expansion slots on the Sapphire Nitro+ B650I WIFI Ultra Platinum motherboard include a single PCIe 4.0 x16 slot & a single M.2 Gen4 (x4) SSD slot. The motherboard is based on the B650 PCH which offers 36 PCIe lanes but no Gen5 lanes. The M.2 slot is covered by a Nitro+ heatsink which looks great and compliments the overall design and feel of this motherboard. There are also four SATA III ports.

I/O on the motherboard includes 1x HDMI, 1x DP, two USB 2.0 ports, two USB 3.2 Gen2 (10 Gbps) ports, a single USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C (20 Gbps) port, 1x Clear CMOS switch, 1 LAN port (1 GbE), two USB 3.2 Gen2 x2 ports (5 Gbps), a WIFI 6 antenna and a 7.1 channel audio jack. There are also RGB