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Specification	MSI MPG B550 GAMING PLUS Motherboard ATX	MSI B550-A PRO Motherboard ATX	Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE Motherboard	SCAN 3XS Hardware Bundle
Price (new) (differs)	£99.98as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£103.98as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£86.99as of 5 Nov, 18:21	not stated
Amazon Warehouse offer (differs)	£88.49 (Used - Good)as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£85.94 (Used - Good)as of 5 Nov, 18:21	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£109.99	£104.99	£110.99	£849.99
Price badge (differs)	90-day low	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jun 2020 (6 yr 4 mo old)	Jun 2020 (6 yr 4 mo old)	Sep 2020 (6 yr 1 mo old)	Jun 2026 (4 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	MSI	Gigabyte	Scan 3XS Systems
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550	B550	B550
Form factor (differs)	ATX	ATX	Micro-ATX	not stated
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	4	not stated
Maximum RAM (differs)	128 GB	128 GB	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,400 MT/s	4,400 MT/s	4,733 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	2	not stated	2	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0	not stated
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)	not stated	not stated	1GbE	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	not stated	5+3	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)	Yes	Yes	Yes	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI	HDMI	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)	#1,268	#1,268	#1,063	#121,995
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