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Specification	ASRock B550M Phantom Gaming 4	Asus PRIME B550M-K ARGB	MSI B550M PRO-VDH Motherboard M-ATX	Gigabyte B550M AORUS ELITE Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£81.89as of 20 Sep, 02:41	£82.15as of 20 Sep, 02:41	£79.99as of 20 Sep, 02:41	£79.99as of 20 Sep, 02:41
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£134.99	£99.99	£94.99	£110.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Mar 2021 (5 yr 6 mo old)	Jan 2023 (3 yr 8 mo old)	Sep 2020 (6 yr old)	Sep 2020 (6 yr old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	ASUS	MSI	Gigabyte
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550	B550	B550
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	2	not stated	4
Maximum RAM (differs)	not stated	not stated	128 GB	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,733 MT/s	not stated	4,400 MT/s	4,733 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	2	2	2
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
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	1GbE	1GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	5 Gbps	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	not stated	5+3
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)	not stated	Yes	Yes	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	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)	#57,459	#84,724	#1,256	#1,405
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