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Side-by-side comparison of 3 motherboards
Specification	Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX Motherboard	ASUS Prime B550-PLUS AC-HES AMD AM4	Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2
Price (new) (differs)	£177.68as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£184.72as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£174.09as of 5 Nov, 18:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£190.99	not stated	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jun 2020 (6 yr 4 mo old)	Aug 2024 (2 yr 2 mo old)	Dec 2021 (4 yr 10 mo old)
Brand (differs)	Gigabyte	ASUS	Gigabyte
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550	B550
Form factor (differs)	Mini-ITX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	2	not stated	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	5,300 MT/s	not stated	not stated
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)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 5	WiFi 6
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	2.5GbE	1GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	10 Gbps	10 Gbps	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	8+1	12+2
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1220	not stated	ALC1200
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#1,849	#170,382	#8,291
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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