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Specification	ASUS TUF GAMING B450M-PLUS II	MACHINIST B450 AM4-K Motherboard for AMD Ryzen 1-5th gen Processors
Price (new) (differs)	£144.77as of 18 Oct, 06:21	£79.16as of 18 Oct, 06:23
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	30-day low	90-day low
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 9 mo old)	Aug 2025 (1 yr 1 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Machinist
Socket	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B450	B450
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	4	2
Maximum RAM (differs)	not stated	128 GB
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	3,600 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	2
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	PCIe 3.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated
WiFi	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	1GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated
SATA ports (differs)	not stated	1
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#115,170	#306,892
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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