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Specification	ASUS TUF GAMING B650M-E WIFI AMD B650 Emplacement AM5 micro ATX	MSI PRO B650M-A WiFi ProSeries Motherboard	Gigabyte B650M GAMING X AX
Price (new) (differs)	£201.10as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£194.04as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£210.78as of 20 Sep, 06:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£173.99	£299.99	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	30-day low	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 8 mo old)	Oct 2022 (3 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2022 (3 yr 10 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	MSI	Gigabyte
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	8,000 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	2
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	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)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	5.3	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	not stated	10 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	not stated	6+2+1
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
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)	#90,019	#52,131	#1,768
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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