ASRock A520M-HVS, AMD A520 Mainboard - Socket AM4 [90-MXBE60-A0UAYZ]

In contrast to the AMD B550 and X570 chipsets, the A520 neither supports PCIe 4.0 nor overclocking. Mainboards with the A520 chipset support PCIe 3.0 and offer office and home users a reliable basis for their PC.

The features of the ASRock A520M-HVS motherboard at a glance:
- DDR4 memory up to 3,200 MHz, using RAM-OC up to 4,733 MHz
- 1x M.2 slot with x4 PCIe 3.0 connection directly to the CPU
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16 slot for the graphics card
- USB on the I / O panel: 2x USB 2.0 / 4x USB 3.0 type A
- Internal USB ports: 4x USB 2.0 / 2x USB 3.0
- A total of 3x 4-pin PWM headers for fans

The ASRock A520M-HVS in detail:
The ASRock A520M-HVS is an A520 mainboard in Micro-ATX format. A PCIe 3.0 slot in x16 format is available for graphics cards, which is directly connected to the Ryzen 3000 processor via a total of 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes. A PCIe x1 slot is also available for plug-in and expansion cards.

Connections for drives and peripherals
The Ryzen 3000 CPUs provide four PCIe lanes for direct connection of NVMe SSDs. With this A520 mainboard, these four lanes are used to connect a single M.2 slot for NVMe SSDs. Four SATA 6G connections are also provided via the A520 chipset.

On the I / O panel, the ASRock A520M-HVS offers four USB 3.0 ports with type A socket. USB 3.0 or USB 3.2 Gen 1 achieves maximum speeds of 5 Gbit / s per port. In addition, two USB 2.0 ports are provided. This A520 motherboard also offers features such as Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111H), onboard sound (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec) and numerous internal headers. One HDMI and one VGA output are provided for processors with an integrated graphics unit. With an Bo (a) rd there is also support for RAM kits up to 4,733 MHz.

Technical details:
format
- Micro-ATX (230 x 201 mm)
- Chipset
- AMD A520
- Base:
- AM4 (for Matisse)
- R.A.M:
- 2x DDR4 (max. 3,200 MHz, 4,733 in the OC)
- Dual channel
- Max. 64 GB
- Slots (with a Ryzen 3000 series CPU):
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16
- Multi-GPU configurations: no
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x1
- Internal connections:
- 4x SATA 6G (RAID 0, 1, 10)
- 1x M.2 (M-Key, PCIe 3.0 x4 with max. 32 Gbit / s and SATA 6G, horizontal, sizes 2242 to 2280)
 -2x USB 3.0 (one header)
- 4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
- 1x SPI-TPM header
- 1x COM port header
- 1x chassis intrusion and speaker header
- 1x front panel audio connector
- Fan header:
- 1x CPU fan (4-pin PWM)
- 2x system fans (4-pin PWM)
- RGB headers: none
External connections:
- 4x USB 3.0 Type A (USB 3.2 Gen 1, max. 5 Gbit / s)
- 2x USB 2.0
- 1x PS / 2
- 1x HDMI
- 1x VGA
- 1x Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111H)
- 3x 3.5 mm jack (ALC887, 7.1 sound)
- Power supply:
- 1x 24-pin ATX12V
- 1x 4-pin ATX12V