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Specification	ASUS Prime B550M-A AC AMD AM4	Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC Motherboard	MSI PRO B550M-VC WiFi ProSeries Motherboard	ASUS PRIME B550M-K WIFI
Price (new) (differs)	£156.92as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£138.70as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£143.42as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£150.13as of 20 Sep, 06:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£99.99	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	90-day low	90-day low	not stated	Lowest we've recorded
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jul 2021 (5 yr 2 mo old)	Jun 2023 (3 yr 3 mo old)	Sep 2022 (4 yr old)	Jun 2026 (3 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Gigabyte	MSI	ASUS
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550	B550	B550
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	4,733 MT/s	4,400 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	2	2	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 5	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 6
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	1GbE	1GbE	not stated	not stated
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	5+3	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Yes
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Black
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#86,197	#51,601	#38,959	#1,431
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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