MSI A520M-A Pro, AMD A520 Mainboard - Socket AM4 [7C96-001R]

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 MSI A520M-A Pro motherboard at a glance:
- DDR4 memory up to 3,200 MHz, using RAM-OC up to 4,600 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 2x 4-pin PWM headers for fans

The MSI A520M-A Pro in detail:
The MSI A520M-A Pro is an A520 mainboard in Micro-ATX format. A PCIe 3.0 slot in x16 format is available for the graphics card, which is directly connected to the Ryzen 3000 processor via a total of 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes. In addition, the motherboard offers a PCIe x1 slot for an additional expansion card.

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 MSI A520M-A Pro offers four USB 3.0 ports with type A sockets. 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 and two PS / 2 ports for mouse and keyboard are provided. This A520 motherboard also offers features such as Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111H), onboard sound (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), two PS / 2 connections and numerous internal headers. The MSI A520M-A Pro offers an HDMI and a DVI output for the image signal of the integrated graphics unit. An Bo (a) rd also supports RAM kits up to 4,600 MHz.

Technical details:
format
- Micro-ATX (236 x 200 mm)
- Chipset
- AMD A520
- Base:
- AM4 (for Matisse)
- R.A.M:
- 2x DDR4 (max. 3,200 MHz, 4,600 MHz via 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 and SATA 6G with max. 32 Gbit / s, horizontal, sizes 2242 to 22110)
- 2x USB 3.0 (one header)
- 4x USB 2.0 (two headers)
- 1x front panel connector
- 1x front panel audio connector
- 1x chassis intrusion header
- 1x Clear CMOS jumper
- 1x TPM connector
- Fan header:
- 1x CPU fan
 -1x system fan
- RGB headers: none
External connections:
- 4x USB 3.0 type A (USB 3.2 Gen 1, max. 5 Gbit / s)
- 2x USB 2.0
- 2x PS / 2
- 1x HDMI
- 1x DVI
- 1x Gigabit LAN (Realtek RTL8111H)
- 3x 3.5 mm jack (ALC892, 7.1 sound)
- Power supply:
- 1x 24-pin ATX12V
- 1x 8-pin ATX12V