ASRock A320M HDV
mATX A320 board for AM4 CPUs, DDR4 memory, no BIOS Flashback - watch for BIOS update needs.
The ASRock A320M-HDV is the cheapest AM4 board in this whole roundup at ₹4,795 (EliteHubs), and it's important to be clear about what A320 actually is before you buy it: no CPU overclocking, no PBO tuning, nothing.
Official India stock. Full warranty through the brand's India service network, standard RMA if anything goes wrong.
Full specs
Compatible CPUs
DDR4 memory kits
Where to buy ASRock A320M HDV in India
Expect to pay roughly ₹4,600-5,100 for the ASRock A320M HDV in India right now, depending on offers and seller. I always recommend buying from retailers that give a proper GST invoice - it's what makes your India warranty claim smooth later.
In my years running a PC store, PrimeABGB (Mumbai) and Vedant Computers (Kolkata) have also been consistently reliable for verified stock - compare before buying.
ASRock A320M-HDV Review India: Only Buy This If You're Not Overclocking
A320 Is Not B450's Cheaper Cousin, It's a Different Category
I want to be direct about this because I've seen people buy A320 boards thinking they're just saving money on the same B450 experience. They're not. A320 is AMD's entry chipset for AM4, and the defining limitation is that it locks out CPU overclocking entirely, no manual multiplier tuning, no PBO adjustment beyond what the CPU does automatically at stock. If any part of your plan involves squeezing extra performance out of your CPU, A320 cannot do it, full stop.
What A320M-HDV does offer: two DDR4 slots (up to 32GB), a PCIe 3.0 x16 slot, basic Realtek audio and Gigabit LAN, and VGA/DVI/HDMI video outputs, useful if you're running a Ryzen APU like the 5 5600G rather than a discrete GPU. Like the B450M-HDV, there's no M.2 slot on this board, you're running SATA storage only.
Where This Board Actually Makes Sense
This is a build-a-box board: office PCs, a budget HTPC for a living room, a machine for a family member who needs email and browsing and nothing more, or a secondary build where you already have spare parts and just need something to boot a Ryzen chip at stock. Pair it with a locked Ryzen APU like the 5 3400G or 5 5600G and you have a genuinely capable budget office or light-use machine for very little money.
What it's wrong for: any gaming build where you care about squeezing performance, any build using a K-less but higher core count CPU you'd want to tune, and any build where you might later want to add an NVMe drive.
India Pricing and Availability
₹4,795 at EliteHubs. This is the lowest price point in the entire AM4 lineup covered on GetPC, and it reflects exactly what you're getting, the most basic functional AM4 board sold in the country right now.
Who Should Buy / Who Should Skip
Buy this if you're building a locked-down office PC, an HTPC, or any budget build where CPU overclocking was never part of the plan, and you're running a Ryzen APU or budget CPU at stock.
Skip this if you're building a gaming PC of any kind. Even the ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 at roughly ₹400 more gets you a real gaming-capable platform, and the price difference is small enough that it's rarely worth choosing A320 for a build with any gaming intent.
Questions
No. A320 has no CPU overclocking support of any kind, this is a hard chipset limitation, not something that improves with a BIOS update.
No, same as the B450M-HDV R4.0, storage here is SATA only.
Yes, for office or light gaming use at stock clocks. The 5600G's integrated graphics don't need PCIe overclocking headroom to perform as expected, so A320 is a reasonable, cheap pairing for that specific chip.