Compare 3 motherboards

Side-by-side comparison of 3 motherboards
Specification	MSI B550 GAMING GEN3 ATX Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Gaming Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING
Price (new) (differs)	£231.10as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£210.35as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£178.01as of 20 Sep, 06:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	not stated	£209.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Aug 2022 (4 yr old)	May 2020 (6 yr 4 mo old)	Jun 2020 (6 yr 3 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	MSI	ASUS
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550	B550
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots	not stated	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,400 MT/s	4,400 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	2
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	None named in the listing title	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	not stated	12+2
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#187,237	#49,811	#27,929
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