Gigabytes A520M DS3H, AMD A520 motherboard - Socket AM4 [A520M DS3H]

In contrast to the AMD chipsets B550 and X570, 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 Gigabyte A520M DS3H motherboard at a glance:
- A total of 2 RGB-LED headers for connecting e.g. B. RGB strips
- 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: 2x USB 2.0 / 2x USB 3.0
- A total of 3x 4-pin PWM headers for fans

The Gigabyte A520M DS3H in detail:
The Gigabyte A520M DS3H is an A520 mainboard in Micro-ATX format. RGB-LED components can be connected and controlled via a 4-pin RGB header (12V) and a digitally addressable 3-pin RGB header (5V), provided they are compatible with the RGB software on the mainboard.

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. Two PCIe x1 slots are 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 available via the A520 chipset.

On the I / O panel, the Gigabyte A520M DS3H offers four USB 3.0 ports with type A jacks. 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 8118), onboard sound (Realtek ALC887 Audio Codec) and numerous internal headers. For processors with an integrated graphics unit, one HDMI, one DVI and one DisplayPort output are provided. An Bo (a) rd also supports RAM kits up to 4,733 MHz.

Technical details:

format
- Micro-ATX (244 x 244 mm)
- Chipset
- AMD A520
- Base:
- AM4 (for Matisse)
- R.A.M:
- 4x DDR4 (max. 3,200 MHz, 4,733 Mhz per OC)
- Dual channel
- Max. 128 GB
- Slots (with a Ryzen 3000 series CPU):
- 1x PCIe 3.0 x16
- Multi-GPU configurations: no
- 2x 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)
- 2x USB 2.0 (one header)
- 1x front panel connector
- 1x front panel audio connector
- 1x TPM header (2x 6-pin, for the GC-TPM2.0_S module)
- 1x serial port header
- 1x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1x Q-Flash Plus button
Fan header:
- 1x CPU fan (4-pin PWM)
- 2x system fans (4-pin PWM)
- RGB header:
- 1x 4-pin RGB header (12V)
- 1x 3-pin RGB header (digital, 5V)
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 DisplayPort
- 1x HDMI
- 1x DVI
- 1x Gigabit LAN (Realtek 8118)
- 3x 3.5 mm jack (ALC887, 7.1 sound)
- Power supply:
- 1x 24-pin ATX12V
- 1x 8-pin ATX12V