Compare 4 motherboards

Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	MSI A520M PRO Gaming Motherboard	ASUS PRO A520M-C II/CSM Business Motherboard Socket AMD AM4	ASUS PRIME A520M-K AMD AM4	MSI Motherboard A520M-A PRO
Price (new) (differs)	£68.27as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£67.28as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£69.95as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£66.05as of 5 Nov, 18:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Aug 2020 (6 yr 2 mo old)	Jan 2023 (3 yr 9 mo old)	Aug 2020 (6 yr 2 mo old)	Sep 2020 (6 yr 2 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	ASUS	MSI
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	A520	A520	A520	A520
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,600 MT/s	not stated	not stated	4,600 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	2	not stated	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 4.0	not stated	not stated	PCIe 3.0
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)	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 (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	4
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	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#101,518	#149,132	#141,663	#296,762
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