Think you need a massive tower to accommodate serious gaming capability? Colorful is about to dispel such belief with their new product: the CVN B850I GAMING FROZEN motherboard. This is no typical Mini-ITX board. Colorful has somehow packed an astonishing level of high-end components into a very small form factor.
Mini-ITX Marvel with Top-Tier Components
Driven by the B850 chipset and with support for the AM5 socket, this little bruiser is set for the latest and greatest AMD Ryzen CPUs. Do not let the "Mini" in Mini-ITX fool you. This board is built to take some heavy heat, both temperature-wise and metaphorically speaking.
Key Features of the CVN B850I GAMING FROZEN
- 10-Layer PCB: Built with stability and long-term use in mind, this is not a delicate board.
- Solid Power Design (9+2+1 Phases): Provides clean, stable power for high-performance CPUs, which is necessary for overclocking and seamless gaming.
- DDR5 RAM Ready (Up to 96GB, 8000MHz+ OC): With super-fast DDR5 memory, and room for up to 96GB for the most demanding applications. And naturally, it is built to overclock to achieve those crazy speeds.
- PCIe 5.0 for Graphics: A full-speed PCIe 5.0 x16 slot ensures you can cram the latest, highest-spec graphics cards without being bottlenecked.
- Storage Galore (M.2 & SATA): Space considerations aside, there are two M.2 slots (one PCIe 5.0, one PCIe 4.0) for NVMe SSDs, and two SATA ports for regular drives. Plenty of choice of speedy and bulk storage.
- Extreme M.2 Cooling: Colorful knows that speedy SSDs will generate heat, so they have included a massive built-in radiator to keep your M.2 drives cool and humming along.
Connectivity That Will Not Leave You Hanging
For a board of this size, the CVN B850I GAMING FROZEN is fairly well-equipped with ports.
- Dual USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C: Accommodates rear panel and front panel header for supporting the latest high-speed USB-C peripherals.
- HDMI & DisplayPort: Typical display outputs to plug into your monitor.
- Wi-Fi 6E & Bluetooth 5.3: High-end wireless connectivity for fast and reliable networking and peripheral hookups.
Gaming Focused BIOS
Colorful is clearly targeting gamers with this board, with features to encourage optimizing your gaming experience.
- Simple BIOS Interface: Designed to be easy to use, even for beginners who are not familiar with BIOS settings.
- X3D Game Mode: Apparently optimized settings for AMD's X3D CPUs, which are renowned for gaming performance.
- Low-Latency Mode: Tunes performance to minimize input lag, giving you an edge in competition.
Pricing and Availability
As of now, Colorful has not determined the price or when you can get your hands on the CVN B850I GAMING FROZEN. But if you are assembling a small, but performance-packed, gaming rig, this motherboard's definitely worth a look. Based on what we are seeing, it seems Colorful is pulling no punches to fit big features and performance into a very small, low-temperature package.
