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Specification	MSI A520M-A PRO Motherboard mATX	Asustek computer PRIME A520M-K	ASRock A520M-HVS (AM4) Micro-ATX	GIGABYTE A520M H ARGB Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£49.99as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£49.99as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£48.28as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£51.99as of 5 Nov, 18:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£59.99	£72.99	£84.99	£79.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Mar 2021 (5 yr 8 mo old)	Aug 2020 (6 yr 2 mo old)	Sep 2020 (6 yr 2 mo old)	Jan 2026 (9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	ASRock	Gigabyte
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 (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	2
Maximum RAM (differs)	64 GB	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,600 MT/s	not stated	not stated	5,100 MT/s
M.2 slots	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 3.0	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	1GbE	not stated	1GbE
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)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Yes
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	HDMI
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#6,175	#10,504	#44,507	#26,902
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