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Specification	ASUS Prime B550M-A/CSM AMD AM4	ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4	Asus PRIME B550M-K ARGB	MSI B550M PRO-VDH Motherboard M-ATX
Price (new) (differs)	£81.74as of 22 Sep, 18:22	£81.64as of 22 Sep, 18:20	£82.15as of 22 Sep, 18:20	£79.99as of 22 Sep, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£134.99	£99.99	£94.99
Price badge (differs)	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jun 2020 (6 yr 3 mo old)	Mar 2021 (5 yr 6 mo old)	Jan 2023 (3 yr 8 mo old)	Sep 2020 (6 yr old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	ASRock	ASUS	MSI
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	not stated	2	not stated
Maximum RAM (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	128 GB
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	4,733 MT/s	not stated	4,400 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	2	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	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	1GbE	not stated	1GbE	1GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	10 Gbps	not stated	5 Gbps	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
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)	not stated	not stated	Yes	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#333,016	#66,888	#88,742	#1,405
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