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Side-by-side comparison of 3 motherboards
Specification	ASUS PRIME B550M-A	Gigabyte B550M GAMING X WIFI6 Motherboard	MSI B550M Gaming Plus WIFI6E Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£89.99as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£96.95as of 20 Sep, 06:22	£99.85as of 20 Sep, 06:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£93.86	£110.74	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	90-day low	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 8 mo old)	Apr 2025 (1 yr 5 mo old)	Aug 2026 (1 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Gigabyte	MSI
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550	B550
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-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)	not stated	3,200 MT/s	4,400 MT/s
M.2 slots	2	2	2
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
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	WiFi 6	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN	1GbE	1GbE	1GbE
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	5+3	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#1,413	#1,402	#31,410
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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