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Specification	Asrock B650M PG Riptide AMD B650 Emplacement AM5 micro ATX	ASUS Prime B650M-A WiFi II AMD AM5 Micro-ATX Motherboard	MSI B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£168.46as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£162.99as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£161.20as of 20 Sep, 06:21
Amazon Warehouse offer (differs)	£102.55 (Used - Very Good)as of 20 Sep, 06:20	not stated	£94.15 (Used - Like New)as of 20 Sep, 06:21
RRP (differs)	£168.06	£191.99	£149.99
Price badge (differs)	30-day low	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 8 mo old)	Jun 2019 (7 yr 3 mo old)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 8 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	ASUS	MSI
Socket	AM5	AM5	AM5
Chipset	B650	B650	B650
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	7,800 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	2
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 4.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
WiFi (differs)	None named in the listing title	WiFi 6	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	5 Gbps	10 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#149,226	#13,264	#10,313
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