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Specification	MAG B850 TOMAHAWK MAX WIFI II	ASUS ROG Strix B850-A Gaming WiFi AMD AM5 B850 ATX Motherboard…	GIGABYTE B850 AORUS Elite WIFI7 AMD AM5 LGA 1718 Motherboard	MSI B850 Gaming Plus WiFi V1 Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£229.99as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£229.00as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£229.99as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£233.28as of 5 Nov, 18:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£259.99	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Mar 2026 (7 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 9 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 9 mo old)	Jun 2025 (1 yr 5 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	Gigabyte	MSI
Socket	AM5	AM5	AM5	AM5
Chipset	B850	B850	B850	B850
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	4	not stated	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	8,400 MT/s	not stated	not stated	8,200 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	3	4	3	3
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	Yes
WiFi	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	WiFi 7
Bluetooth (differs)	5.4	not stated	not stated	5.4
Wired LAN (differs)	5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	not stated	10 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	14+2+2	14+2+2	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	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#1,989	#59,192	#70,402	#63,537
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