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Asus ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi

CHOOSING A TRUSTY motherboard for your new build is like building a solid foundation for your house. If you don’t quite get it right, everything will inevitably go wrong. The motherboard pieces together all of your components so they work as efficiently in tangent, so having a top-quality mobo with lots of compatibility options is important. They are also a pain to swap out if you need to change them around—unfortunately, it’s not like changing your RAM—so, it’s best to get it right in the beginning.

The board we have here is the Asus ROG Strix B650-A Gaming WiFi, the cheapest Strix mobo in the lineup

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