Users of the A300 mini PC barebones discovered that the ASRock A300-STM motherboard is compatible with the latest X300 BIOS, so the more affordable enclosures can now be equipped with up to a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G, as well. However, the X300-STM motherboard offers unique overclocking features that allow for faster RAM and iGPUs.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/ASRock-DeskMini-X300-and-A300-mini-PC-barebones-first-to-support-up-to-an-AMD-Ryzen-7-Pro-4750G-APU.492304.0.html
You don't quite need "the latest findings from users of the Chinese ChipHell forum" to know this; this has been well documented and widely known over on the Smallformfactor.net forums since at least late July. (https://smallformfactor.net/forum/threads/sffn-asrocks-deskmini-a300-finally.10553/page-49#post-211364)
Do we have a release date or window of expected release?
I am skipping the investment of the A300 for the new X300
I want that 4 cores 8 threads ;)
@Valantar: This only came to my attention a few days ago, plus it looks like no one in the thread you linked reported on the A300 running a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G. Also, my article is mostly focusing on X300 that was announced recently. I updated the non-overclockable RAM part, thanks for that.
Quote from: Bogdan Solca on September 08, 2020, 09:48:20
@Valantar: This only came to my attention a few days ago, plus it looks like no one in the thread you linked reported on the A300 running a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G. Also, my article is mostly focusing on X300 that was announced recently. I updated the non-overclockable RAM part, thanks for that.
Not specifically the 4750G (though I believe there have been benchmarks and pictures of that config shared there), but several 4650Gs at the very least. Which, given that CPU support is determined by series/family and not on a per-model basis, makes this a moot point. 4650G and 4750G are the same TDP, same series and same socket, so any motherboard that accepts one accepts the other unless there is something
very weird going on.
Quote from: Valantar on September 08, 2020, 10:47:51
Quote from: Bogdan Solca on September 08, 2020, 09:48:20
@Valantar: This only came to my attention a few days ago, plus it looks like no one in the thread you linked reported on the A300 running a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G. Also, my article is mostly focusing on X300 that was announced recently. I updated the non-overclockable RAM part, thanks for that.
Not specifically the 4750G (though I believe there have been benchmarks and pictures of that config shared there), but several 4650Gs at the very least. Which, given that CPU support is determined by series/family and not on a per-model basis, makes this a moot point. 4650G and 4750G are the same TDP, same series and same socket, so any motherboard that accepts one accepts the other unless there is something very weird going on.
How is this a moot point when the official specs (http://www.asrock.com/nettop/AMD/DeskMini%20A300%20Series) only mention Picasso as the best option for the A300?
Quote from: Bogdan Solca on September 08, 2020, 13:12:29
Quote from: Valantar on September 08, 2020, 10:47:51
Quote from: Bogdan Solca on September 08, 2020, 09:48:20
@Valantar: This only came to my attention a few days ago, plus it looks like no one in the thread you linked reported on the A300 running a Ryzen 7 Pro 4750G. Also, my article is mostly focusing on X300 that was announced recently. I updated the non-overclockable RAM part, thanks for that.
Not specifically the 4750G (though I believe there have been benchmarks and pictures of that config shared there), but several 4650Gs at the very least. Which, given that CPU support is determined by series/family and not on a per-model basis, makes this a moot point. 4650G and 4750G are the same TDP, same series and same socket, so any motherboard that accepts one accepts the other unless there is something very weird going on.
How is this a moot point when the official specs (http://www.asrock.com/nettop/AMD/DeskMini%20A300%20Series) only mention Picasso as the best option for the A300?
...because ASrock's failure to update their spec pages in no way negates the fact that this has been well established on forums outside of ChipHell for well over a month? I'm not saying this isn't worth reporting on, I'm saying the reporting is a bit late and poorly/strangely sourced.