Today, we're taking a look at all the AM5 Mini-ITX motherboards we could get our hands on, from the likes of Asus, Asrock, Gigabyte, and MSI. In total, these board makers have produced just 8 motherboards across the entire AM5 platform. There aren't many options available, which made our job a bit easier than usual, but we would have enjoyed checking out a few more.
The Big Spec Table All motherboards tested in this roundup, listed from least to most expensive. Orange Line = top recommendation among its key competitors (form factor, price segment, features, etc.).
More about this in the conclusion. The Motherboards MSI MPG B650I Edge WiFi It's quite surprising to us that, after all this time and the success that the AM5 platform has already had, MSI offers just a single Mini-ITX product: the MPG B650I Edge WiFi . That said, MSI only ever offered a handful of AM4 Mini-ITX boards, so perhaps we shouldn't be too surprised.
The B650I Edge WiFi isn't exactly affordable priced at $290 , making it one of the more expensive AM5 Mini-ITX options out there. For that price, it's rather underwhelming; the vcore portion of the VRM features eight 80A power stages, which is certainly sufficient but also a bit lacking compared to competing products. There's no PCIe 5.
0 support, and while PCIe 5.0 isn't a particularly useful feature right now, it might be in the years to come. AM5 will be supported until 2027 and beyond, according to AMD, so there's a good chance any AM5 board you buy now wil.
