COLORFUL launches new compact iGame B850M ULTRA Series motherboards

COLORFUL has announced a pair of new compact Micro-ATX motherboards for AMD Ryzen platforms with the new iGame B850M ULTRA-S and the iGame B850M ULTRA-OC. Design-wise, these new boards feature a similar look and feel as the stylish COLORFUL iGame GeForce RTX 5070 Ultra OC we recently reviewed, and they're built for gamers, creators, and enthusiasts putting together a compact rig.

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Both boards support the latest AMD Ryzen AM5 platform, which means they feature Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 connectivity and support for overclocked AMD EXPO DDR5 memory. They're also ready for the latest Ryzen 9000 Series desktop processors, including the popular Ryzen 7 9800X3D. In fact, despite the flagship iGame B850M ULTRA-OC's compact size, it ships with a 10+2+1 phase 60A DrMOS power design that's more than ready to handle the latest Ryzen 9 9950X3D flagship CPU.

As for the iGame B850M ULTRA-S, this is a motherboard built for mainstream gaming and running professional workloads. It sports a robust 14+2+1-phase 80A DrMOS power design with dual 8-pin CPU power connectors and four reinforced DDR5 DIMM slots that support DDR5-8400 speeds, with a total capacity of 256GB. Storage-wise, it's also packed, with three M.2 slots, including two PCIe 5.0 x4 slots, ready for the latest Gen5 SSDs.

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Back to the iGame B850M ULTRA-OC, which is aimed at the enthusiast crowd and those who overclock their hardware, it actually sports dual DDR5 slots to maximize speed and OC potential. COLORFUL notes that with AMD EXPO and manual overclocking, DDR5-8800 is supported. Which is impressive to see on an AMD Ryzen board. Storage-wise, it's also got four high-speed M.2 slots, and its networking capabilities have been upgraded to support 5Gb Ethernet.