Best-value motherboards by budget
Pick a platform and a budget to see the boards in stock on Amazon.co.uk that offer the most for the money right now. These lists are generated from price, popularity and the specifications each Amazon listing states, not from hands-on testing.
- AM5 motherboards under £10018 boards in stock in this band. The cheapest AM5 boards are mostly Micro-ATX models on the A620 chipset, with an entry-level B650 or B840 board appearing when discounted.
- AM5 motherboards under £15097 boards in stock in this band. This is where B650 and B850 boards, with full CPU and memory overclocking, start to appear alongside the better A620 models.
- AM5 motherboards under £200152 boards in stock in this band. The heart of the AM5 market: full-size ATX boards on B650 and B850 with stronger power delivery, three or more M.2 slots, 2.5 GbE and, on the wireless versions, WiFi 6E or WiFi 7.
- AM5 motherboards under £300238 boards in stock in this band. Up to this budget the list takes in upper-range B850 and B650E boards and the entry X870 models.
- AM4 motherboards under £8031 boards in stock in this band. The cheapest AM4 boards are A520 and older B450 Micro-ATX models, with a basic B550 board appearing when discounted.
- AM4 motherboards under £12071 boards in stock in this band. This budget covers most B550 boards, the sweet spot of AM4: PCIe 4.0 from the processor for the graphics slot and one M.2 slot, full CPU and memory overclocking, and official support for Ryzen 3000 and 5000 series chips.
- LGA1700 motherboards under £10043 boards in stock in this band. At the bottom of the LGA1700 range are H610 boards and the cheapest B760 models, nearly all Micro-ATX.
- LGA1700 motherboards under £15085 boards in stock in this band. Mainstream B760 territory: Micro-ATX and full ATX boards with four memory slots, two or three M.2 slots, 2.5 GbE and, on the wireless versions, WiFi 6 or 6E.
- LGA1700 motherboards under £250122 boards in stock in this band. Up to this budget the list adds the better B760 boards and the Z790 and Z690 models, the chipsets that allow CPU overclocking with K-series processors.
- LGA1851 motherboards under £20060 boards in stock in this band. LGA1851 is the socket for Intel Core Ultra 200S processors, and at this budget the boards are H810 and B860 models.
- LGA1851 motherboards under £30094 boards in stock in this band. This budget covers the whole B860 range and the entry Z890 boards, the only LGA1851 chipset with CPU overclocking.
- Mini-ITX motherboards under £20036 boards in stock in this band. Mini-ITX boards are 170 × 170 mm with a single PCIe slot and two memory slots, built for small-form-factor cases.
- Micro-ATX motherboards under £120195 boards in stock in this band. Micro-ATX is often the cheapest version of a given chipset, and at this budget it covers entry-level and mainstream boards for AM4, AM5 and LGA1700.
- WiFi 7 motherboards under £25087 boards in stock in this band. WiFi 7 (802.11be) reached motherboards with AMD's 800-series chipsets and Intel's late Z790 and 800-series boards.
- White motherboards51 boards in stock in this band. A white board is a styling choice: the hardware normally matches the maker's black version of the same model, often at a small premium.
- DDR5 motherboards under £150169 boards in stock in this band. DDR5 is the only memory AM5 and LGA1851 boards take, while LGA1700 boards are sold in separate DDR4 and DDR5 versions.
How this list is made
Nobody at motherboarddeals.co.uk has tested these boards. The list is generated from the data we hold: the price on Amazon.co.uk, how well the board sells, and the specifications its Amazon listing states. A board has to be in stock and under the budget to appear. It then scores points for being in stock (10), for its Amazon sales rank (up to 30, on a sliding scale), for selling below its own usual price of the last 90 days (one point per percent, up to 20, once we hold two weeks of its price history), for the features its listing states (up to 30: WiFi generation, 2.5 GbE or faster networking, the number of M.2 slots, PCIe 5.0 and a BIOS flashback button) and for how recently it was first available (up to 10). The line under each board names the factors that counted for it. A feature the listing does not state scores nothing, so a good board with a thin listing can rank lower than it deserves, and CPU and board bundles are left out. The order is recalculated whenever prices are checked, roughly every six hours; nobody can pay to move up it. How we track motherboard prices explains where the numbers come from.