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Specification	Gigabyte A520M DS3H V2 Motherboard	MSI PRO A520M-S Motherboard	MSI A520M PRO Motherboard 'mATX
Price (new) (differs)	£55.66as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£54.99as of 5 Nov, 18:23	£54.98as of 5 Nov, 18:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£54.99	£64.99
Price badge (differs)	not stated	Lowest we've recorded	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 9 mo old)	Sep 2026 (1 mo old)	Nov 2020 (6 yr old)
Brand (differs)	Gigabyte	MSI	MSI
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	A520	A520	A520
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	4	2	not stated
Maximum RAM (differs)	not stated	not stated	64 GB
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,733 MT/s	4,600 MT/s	4,600 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	1	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi	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
Wired LAN (differs)	1GbE	1GbE	not stated
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)	not stated	not stated	not stated
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)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#6,347	#59,254	#6,175
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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