First decision — the socket: AM4 and AM5 take AMD Ryzen processors, LGA 1700 and LGA 1851 take Intel. Next comes the chipset (from H610 or B650 up to Z890 and X870E), which governs overclocking headroom, the number of M.2 slots and the PCIe generation. Third is the board format: micro ATX fits a compact case, ATX and Extended ATX call for a roomier one. Among the ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI models there are versions with Wi-Fi and versions without.
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First decision — the socket: AM4 and AM5 take AMD Ryzen processors, LGA 1700 and LGA 1851 take Intel. Next comes the chipset (from H610 or B650 up to Z890 and X870E), which governs overclocking headroom, the number of M.2 slots and the PCIe generation. Third is the board format: micro ATX fits a compact case, ATX and Extended ATX call for a roomier one. Among the ASRock, ASUS, Gigabyte and MSI models there are versions with Wi-Fi and versions without.