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An MSI MEG X870E Ace Max motherboard on a desk.

MSI MEG X870E Ace Max review

By Antony Leather published

Score: 88% Bigger BIOS, better overclocking.

Score: 88%
MAG B850 Gaming Plus Max WiFi on a desk.

MSI MAG B850 Gaming Plus Max WiFi review

By Antony Leather published

Score: 75% Bigger BIOS, better overclocking.

Score: 75%
A promotional image of the Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Glacial gaming motherboard, with the included RAM cooler, Q-DIMM.2 and Hyper M.2 expansions cards set next to the board.

Hidden PCIe slots, a magnetic RAM fan, and a new AIO cooler connector: Asus tries everything under the sun to make its new AM5 Crosshair mobo stand out

By Nick Evanson published

News Seven M.2 slots sounds really impressive, but using them all means sacrificing a bit of performance.

News
A close-up photo of the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WIFI's CPU socket and VRMs

If your Ryzen-powered PC has an AM5 ASRock motherboard and sometimes just won't boot, then rescue is at hand in the form of a new BIOS update

By Nick Evanson published

News Of course, if it won't boot because the CPU is fried, no amount of BIOS tweakery will help.

News
MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk WiFi and Asus ROG Maximum Z790 Hero gaming motherboards on a green background with a PC Gamer Recommended label

Best gaming motherboards in 2026: these are the AMD and Intel mobos I'd build a system around today

By Dave James last updated

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

Best Mobo
Asus and ASRock Mini-ITX motherboards

Best Mini-ITX motherboards in 2026: My pick from all the mini mobo marvels I've tested

By Nick Evanson last updated

Mini marvels The best Mini-ITX motherboards for both Intel and AMD.

Mini marvels
A photo of an MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition, next to its retail box

MSI MEG X870E Godlike X Edition review

By Nick Evanson published

Score: 80% Taking one of the most over-the-top, luxury-class AMD motherboards around and making it even more exclusive.

Score: 80%
Two motherboards and two sticks of RAM on a yellow background with the words Black Friday on the side.

(Sold out) RAM prices are ridiculous but Newegg is literally giving sticks away with this AM5 motherboard—easily the best Black Friday motherboard deal

By Jacob Ridley last updated

Black Friday What a deal in today's market, and it's still going strong on Black Friday.

Black Friday
A photo of the MSI MAG Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard, next to its retail packaging.

MSI Z890 Tomahawk WiFi motherboard review

By Nick Evanson published

Score: 87% Lots of features, not a lot of price.

Score: 87%
A photo of the ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova WIFI motherboard, next to its retail packaging

ASRock X870 Nova WiFi motherboard review

By Nick Evanson published

Score: 70% Lots of features, lots of compromises.

Score: 70%
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