MSI B350M MORTAR

A micro-ATX size offers up easier integration of the various ports and slots than, say, mini-ITX. The four DIMM slots ought to be coloured in dual-channel mode, though if you do put two sticks next to each other – in single-channel configuration – a BIOS screen pops up and informs you of the potential faux pas

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AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

Whereas the Ryzen 5 2400G comes with four SMT-enabled Zen cores and 11 Radeon Vega CUs, the Ryzen 3 2200G includes four cores without simultaneous multi-threading and eight CUs, enabling 512 Stream processors. Although Ryzen 3’s resource allocation isn’t far off from the flagship, it costs $70 less than Ryzen 5 2400G.

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GIGABYTE GA-AB350N-GAMING WIFI

The AM4 socket necessitates some interesting design choices. The heatsink-clad PCH is moved up to the top-left, as we look at it, but there’s still room for another heatsink on top of the 4+2-phase power supply. The auxillary 8-pin EPS connector, which is good to see on a tiny board and useful for overclocking the CPU, is usually on the edge, enabling easy cabling…

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GIGABYTE GA-AB350N-GAMING WIFI

For the purpose of this review, I’ll be testing the motherboard and CPU in the standard fashion. This means our 1080 Ti will be in place, thus showing how everything performs in relation to how every other motherboard was tested by us. Of course, I’ll also include the CPUs built in GPU performance and links to other features with this hardware as appropriate.

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AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

The Ryzen 5 2400G redefines our expectations for integrated graphics. It represents a great deal for budget gaming rig builders, and the ability to purchase a single chip without the added expense of a GPU adds to the value. You can tune the CPU, memory, and Vega graphics to boost performance, and compatibility with the existing 300-series motherboard ecosystem is a plus, but you’ll need to make sure the BIOS is compatible.

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Vega and Zen: The AMD Ryzen 5 2400G

Today is the launch of the desktop socket edition APUs, with four Zen cores and up to 11 Vega compute units. AMD has historically been aggressive in the low-end desktop space, effectively killing the sub-$100 discrete graphics market. The new APUs now set the bar even higher. In this review we focus on the Ryzen 5 2400G, but also test the Ryzen 3 2200G.

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MSI X399 GAMING PRO CARBON AC

One of those is MSI’s X399 SLI PLUS, which aims to bring the X399 motherboard into the reach of many more users by cutting out a lot of fluff and focusing just on the essentials. The motherboard features a simple aesthetic look; solid black. There are RGB LEDs built into many areas of the motherboard, so you can choose the color of your build.

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ASRock X399 Taichi

The X399 Taichi performance wins in important categories earns this beautiful motherboard a thumbs up. Great layout, performance, aesthetics, and a low-price help elevate this motherboard enough to get our approval, but not quite enough to achieve Editor’s Choice status.

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ASUS ROG STRIX X399-E GAMING

As you would expect to find from any model bearing the Strix branding, the ASUS X399 Strix is bristling with features and connectivity options, the majority of which will be familiar to anyone who has kept a keen eye upon the latest AMD chipset. There is plenty of bandwidth options between USB 3.1, M.2 storage and the all important PCI Express lane count.

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