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Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	Gigabyte B550 AORUS ELITE AX V2	ASUS Prime B550-PLUS AC-HES AMD AM4	ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming AMD AM4 Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 & 3rd Gen…	ASUS ROG Strix B550-F Gaming Motherboard Socket
Price (new) (differs)	£174.09as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£184.72as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£193.53as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£153.88as of 5 Nov, 18:20
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)	Dec 2021 (4 yr 10 mo old)	Aug 2024 (2 yr 2 mo old)	Jun 2020 (6 yr 4 mo old)	Nov 2022 (3 yr 11 mo old)
Brand (differs)	Gigabyte	ASUS	ASUS	ASUS
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550	B550	B550
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	4	not stated	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	2	2	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 (differs)	WiFi 6	WiFi 5	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	2.5GbE	1GbE	5GbE	not stated
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	10 Gbps	10 Gbps	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	12+2	8+1	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	Yes	Yes	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1200	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#8,291	#170,382	#157,069	#84,265
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