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Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	ASUS Prime B550M-A AC AMD AM4	Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC Motherboard	MSI PRO B550M-VC WiFi ProSeries Motherboard	GIGABYTE B550M X AORUS ELITE WIFI7 Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£131.52as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£138.70as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£131.28as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£142.43as of 5 Nov, 18:23
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£99.99	not stated	£124.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jul 2021 (5 yr 3 mo old)	Jun 2023 (3 yr 4 mo old)	Sep 2022 (4 yr 1 mo old)	Aug 2026 (2 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Gigabyte	MSI	Gigabyte
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	4
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	3,200 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	2	2	not stated	2
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 7
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	1GbE	1GbE	not stated	2.5GbE
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	8+2
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#89,307	#42,799	#35,148	#53,934
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