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Specification	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX Motherboard 'ATX	Gigabyte B450 AORUS Elite V2 Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING B450-PLUS II
Price (new) (differs)	£183.86as of 20 Oct, 18:23	£189.99as of 20 Oct, 18:23	£114.99as of 20 Oct, 18:21
Amazon Warehouse offer (differs)	not stated	not stated	£82.95 (Used - Like New)as of 20 Oct, 18:21
RRP (differs)	not stated	not stated	£114.99
Price badge (differs)	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jul 2019 (7 yr 3 mo old)	Oct 2020 (5 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2020 (5 yr 11 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	Gigabyte	ASUS
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B450	B450	B450
Form factor (differs)	ATX	not stated	ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,133 MT/s	3,600 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	1	2	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	PCIe 3.0	not stated
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	None named in the listing title	Yes (generation not stated)	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	1GbE	not stated
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	8+2	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	Yes	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#53,628	#392,776	#1,649
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

Highlighted rows differ between these boards. “Not stated” means the Amazon listing does not mention it: the board may still have it, so check the maker’s specification. Power phases are printed as stated by the maker and are not comparable between brands. Prices are the new price on Amazon.co.uk at the time shown; the price on Amazon when you buy is the one that applies.

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