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The Gigabyte Z590 Vision G is a full-featured motherboard designed for creators, with capable power delivery, 2.5 GbE, four M.2 sockets, VisionLINK/Thunderbolt connectivity, and more.

Four M.2 sockets, premium audio and VRMs for $499

Biostar’s Z590 Valkyrie brings overkill VRMs, two USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 ports and three M.2 sockets for around $400. Memory performance is currently lacking, but will likely be resolved by a BIOS update.

Full-featured with 10 GbE, 18-phase 90A VRM and more

MSI and EK’s MPG Z590 Carbon EK X is a mid-range motherboard with a monoblock to cool the CPU and VRMs. It includes three M.2 sockets, Wi-Fi 6E, capable power delivery and more, for around $500.

Inexpensive, full-featured and capable of handling flagship processors

MSI’s MEG Z590 Ace is a premium class motherboard that includes overbuilt power delivery, 2.5 GbE/Wi-Fi 6E, four M.2 sockets, Thunderbolt 4 connectivity and more.

NZXT dives headfirst into AMD motherboards with the N7 B550. You get Wi-Fi 6E and 2.5 GbE networking, premium audio and capable power delivery for $229.99.

Inexpensive, well-equipped, and capable of handling the 5950X

Premium parts

The new Crosshair VIII Dark Hero brings out-of-the-box Ryzen 5000 support, a stealthy black theme, improved 90A VRMs, 12 USB ports, eight SATA ports and no more chipset fan for $399.

A reasonably priced Micro ATX board that’s flagship-CPU capable.

The ASRock X570 PG Velocita includes robust VRMs, good performance and overclocking capability at a mid-range price point.

The B550 Taichi Razer Edition brings improved Razer Chroma integration, Killer networking, out-of-the-box Ryzen 5000 support, improved appearance and solid power delivery for $299.

Designed for Overclocking, but also a well-rounded performer

Server-class features and 10GbE, with overclocking ability

Good performance, designed for Creators

The EVGA Z490 FTW offers solid performance, plus a speedy USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C port.

Solid performance, budget-friendly price and feature-rich

Asus’ TUF B550M-Plus Wi-Fi brings TUF features to B550.

The ASRock B550 PG Velocita includes robust VRMs, good performance and overclocking capability at a mid-range price point.

Asus’ Prime B550M-A Wi-Fi is inexpensive and (mostly) full-featured.