$249 B550 Aorus Master @ Amazon

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Why $249 for B550? Great VRMS.

This also has interesting specifications:
* 2.5Gbit/s lan
* Wifi 6
* 3 x16 physical (x16/x4/x4)

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[DogsofJune]

I have been considering this one.

 

[OFaceSIG]

Asus is building killer mobo of midrange chipsets from the "second tier" CPU provider. Long live the upsets! 2020 is a crazy time.

 

[DTN107]

Amazon Link

 

[hottnucks]

Using more than one M.2 on the B550 Aorus Master knocks your GPU down to 8x and that's a deal killer for me. Therefore, I opted for the Asus B550-F for $140 after mail-in-rebate: https://www.newegg.com/asus-rog-strix-b550-f-gaming/p/N82E16813119312?Item=N82E16813119312. There's a promotion code to get instant $10 off : 23BKFCYM236 and the MIR is for $25.

 

[mda]

Using more than one M.2 on the B550 Aorus Master knocks your GPU down to 8x and that's a deal killer for me. Therefore, I opted for the Asus B550-F for $140 after mail-in-rebate: https://www.newegg.com/asus-rog-strix-b550-f-gaming/p/N82E16813119312?Item=N82E16813119312. There's a promotion code to get instant $10 off : 23BKFCYM236

If you'll end up using a recent PCIE 4.0 card, it 8X lanes is more than enough.