AMD’s Riptide 7000 processor will be released at the end of this month and is expected to be available next month, when the X670 series motherboards from various manufacturers will be available at the same time.
Today, MSI released a preview message for its X670 series motherboards, introducing the tool-free installation of M.2 drives.
As shown above, this MPG X670E CARBON WIFI Diablo motherboard features this new M.2 fastener. The image above shows the motherboard with its own M.2 Frost Armor heatsink. There is a metal moving part at the end of the heatsink that you can push with your hand to the right and lift up gently to release and pop up the M.2 Frost Armor without the need for a screwdriver.
The M.2 drive body is also a tool-less design that allows the drive to be inserted into the M.2 slot and the clasp at the end to snap into place with a half-turn, thus eliminating the need to screw in each time.
Officially, with the new design, the M.2 drive can theoretically be installed with one hand.
In addition, MSI also introduced the SSD heat sink for the X670 motherboard. MSI said, considering that M.2 will support PCI-E 5.0, the MSI X670 motherboard’s Frost Armor heatsink is also specially designed with a double-layer structure to bring a larger heat transfer area to enhance the cooling effect of M.2 drives, which can keep the PCI-E 5.0 drives operating at full speed for as long as possible with a maximum speed of 13GB per second.
AMD will hold a “together we advance_PCs” live event on August 30 at 7 a.m. Beijing time to unveil the next generation of AMD PC products.
