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Specification	MSI B550M Gaming Plus WIFI6E Motherboard	GIGABYTE B550M X AORUS ELITE Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£110.42as of 4 Oct, 06:22	£112.67as of 4 Oct, 06:23
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£316.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon	Aug 2026 (1 mo old)	Aug 2026 (1 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	Gigabyte
Socket	AM4	AM4
Chipset	B550	B550
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,400 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots	2	2
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 4.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth (differs)	5.3	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	1GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	8+2
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#32,128	#53,699
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

Highlighted rows differ between these boards. “Not stated” means the Amazon listing does not mention it: the board may still have it, so check the maker’s specification. Power phases are printed as stated by the maker and are not comparable between brands. Prices are the new price on Amazon.co.uk at the time shown; the price on Amazon when you buy is the one that applies.

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