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Specification	MSI A520M-A PRO V1 Gaming Motherboard	ASUS PRIME A520M-E/CSM AMD Ryzen A520 AM4 Motherboard	ASUS PRIME A520M-K AMD AM4	GIGABYTE A520M DS3H WIFI6E Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£73.56as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£71.18as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£69.95as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£77.79as of 5 Nov, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£69.99	not stated	£89.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jun 2025 (1 yr 5 mo old)	Feb 2022 (4 yr 8 mo old)	Aug 2020 (6 yr 2 mo old)	Apr 2026 (7 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	ASUS	Gigabyte
Socket	AM4	AM4	AM4	AM4
Chipset	A520	A520	A520	A520
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,600 MT/s	not stated	not stated	4,733 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	1
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 3.0	not stated	PCIe 3.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	1GbE	1GbE	1GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports (differs)	not stated	4	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	Black	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#57,983	#409,030	#141,663	#37,329
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