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I’m planning on buying an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X because of its excellent price-to-performance ratio. It’s faster out of the box than most AMD 7000 chips. Which motherboard do you recommend in the B650 class? I’m not a gamer, but I do like photography. I will likely use the on-board video port. I want a PCIe 5.0 slot in case I need it down the road. The GIGABYTE B650 AORUS Elite AX is the mobo I have in mind, which has 2.5G ethernet, PCIe 5.0, and HDMI.

I’m sad there will be no more tactile version of Maximum PC, but will always be a subscriber. Thanks for your help on this issue.

–S. Sherk

 I’ve used the Gigabyte Z790 GAMING X AX on a personal build, and have nothing but good things to say about it. It’s a different chipset to the one you’re looking at,

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