Motherboards by socket
The socket decides which processors a board will take, so it is the first thing to settle. Pick the socket that matches your CPU, or the CPU you plan to buy, to see every board we track for it.
| Socket | Boards | Price |
|---|---|---|
| AM5 motherboardsAM5 is AMD's current desktop socket, launched in September 2022 with the Ryzen 7000 series and carried on through Ryzen 8000G and Ryzen 9000. | 396 | from £68.04 |
| AM4 motherboardsAM4 carried every mainstream Ryzen from the 1000 series of 2017 to the 5000 series, which makes it the cheapest way into a capable DDR4 system. | 191 | from £15.40 |
| LGA1851 motherboardsLGA1851 arrived in October 2024 with Intel's Core Ultra 200S (Arrow Lake) desktop processors and the 800-series chipsets: Z890, B860 and H810. | 158 | from £72.98 |
| LGA1700 motherboardsLGA1700 covers three generations of Intel Core: 12th (Alder Lake), 13th and 14th (Raptor Lake and its refresh), on 600- and 700-series chipsets. | 185 | from £48.50 |
| LGA1200 motherboardsLGA1200 is the socket for Intel's 10th (Comet Lake) and 11th (Rocket Lake) generation Core processors, on 400- and 500-series chipsets with DDR4 memory. | 13 | from £46.62 |
| LGA1151 motherboardsLGA1151 was used for four generations of Intel Core, in two incompatible versions: 100- and 200-series boards (H110, B150, B250, Z170, Z270) take 6th and 7th generation chips, while 300-series boards (H310, B360, B365, Z370, Z390) take 8th and 9th generation. | 53 | from £44.44 |
| sTR5 motherboardssTR5 is the socket for AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 7000 and 9000 processors. | 6 | from £749.99 |