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Specification	MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WiFi Gaming Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi AMD Ryzen AM5 ATX motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£169.21as of 20 Sep, 02:41	£159.99as of 20 Sep, 02:41
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£299.99	£305.55
Price badge (differs)	not stated	90-day low
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (3 yr 11 mo old)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 8 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS
Socket	AM5	AM5
Chipset	B650	B650
Form factor	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	6,400 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	3
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	Yes
WiFi	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	20 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	12+2
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#52,129	#22,572
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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