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Best gaming motherboards in 2024

By Dave James last updated

Best Mobo The best gaming motherboards from the top Intel and AMD chipsets.

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Best AMD motherboards in 2024

By Dave James last updated

Red Hot The best AMD boards for AM5 or AM4 processors.

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MSI patches AMD USB issues with latest X570 and B550 motherboard updates

By Alan Dexter published

News The updates are still in beta, but if you've got problems you don't have a lot to lose.

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AMD AM4 socket up-close

AMD is analyzing USB disconnect issue in 500-series motherboards

By Jacob Ridley published

News Do you find you suffer from intermittent USB connectivity?

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Asus ROG Strix B550-XE Gaming WiFi with Hyper M.2 x16 Gen 4 card.

AMD Ryzen 5000 BIOS updates are live now

By Alan Dexter published

News Asus is the first to announce BIOS updates for its X570 and B550 motherboards.

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Affordable AMD B550 motherboards are still mostly MIA, but they're coming

By Paul Lilly published

News Be careful not to overpay for a B550 motherboard from a marketplace seller.

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Newegg's new 'PC Builder' tool is neat, but I still prefer PCPartPicker

By Paul Lilly published

News The tool lets you start a build from scratch or customize one of three pre-configured systems.

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Budget AMD B550 motherboards have landed, so we chucked a 16-core CPU at them

By Alan Dexter published

Extreme budgeting We can now start talking about the performance of the B550 chipset, and it isn't bad at all

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Upgrade to a Ryzen CPU and MSI B550 motherboard and get up to $60 in Steam credit

By Paul Lilly published

News MSI is offering between $30 and $60 in Steam credit when buying select B550 boards with a 3rd-gen Ryzen CPU.

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AMD's new B550 motherboards show up and then disappear on Amazon

By Paul Lilly published

News At least five different models went up for preorder and quickly sold out.

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