A520M S2H (AMD Ryzen AM4/MicroATX/4+3 Phases Digital PWM/Gigabyte Gaming GbE LAN/NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 M.2/3 Display Interfaces/Q-Flash Plus/RGB Fusion 2.0/Motherboard)

Used it for a new build gaming computer. Got it for low cost-HIGH performance, RELIABILITY! It is a superb deal. use a NVMe base drive for OS and games. This is lightening fast boots, BIOS is a breeze with clear categorized menus, RAW BOARD Bios flash/update capability, clean layout, ALL hardware and extras included. Means you don't have to install video, cpu nor memory to flash the bios. Been building computers, repairing them since 1996...hands down the BEST MB deal I have ever gotten. UPDATE: May 14, 2024 Best MB at this price EVER! I have been gaming on STEAM with this playing Call of Duty, BattleField2042, and a handful of other less demand in games without a hiccup. Using Silicon Power 32GB Xpower Turbine RGB DDR4 3200MHz PC4-25600 CL16 Dual Channel Kit AMD Ryzen 5 4500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Cooler all bought here on Amazon with SSD drives bought here also :with OS loaded on SAMSUNG 980 SSD 1TB PCle 3.0x4, NVMe M.2 2280, with a separate partition for games, and SP 512GB SSD 3D NAND A55 SLC Cache Performance Boost SATA III 2.5" 7mm (0.28") Internal Solid State Drive for other files You can build a low cost computer for gaming. THIS SHOWKINGS card is what I bought here and am using Radeon RX 580 8GB Graphics Card, 256Bit 2048SP GDDR5 AMD Video Card for Pc Gaming, DP HDMI DVI-Output, PCI Express 3.0 with Dual Fan for Office and Gaming Visit the SHOWKINGS Store

John Baxter · 2023-10-03 · via amazon

This is my preferred board for many builds. I really like it. Pro 1: Good feature set for a budget board (3x fan headers, USB 3.2, Q-Flash, 2x aRGB headers, 6 pin CPU power). Pro 2: They always worked out of the box and has made reliable computer builds over time. Cons: None at this moment. Would I buy it again? No because the AM5 platform exists.

Amazon_Shopper · 2024-08-15 · via amazon

Excelente la instale y trabajo a la perfección

Alvaro Alvarez Perez · 2026-04-28 · via amazon

I love budget Gigabyte boards but the places they cut corners make having more than a few drives and cd burners tough. The micro ATX layout makes it mostly impossible to add a video card. Compared to other mfgs in the budget arena, there are only 4 SATA ports and you loose 2 with two m2 sticks. You can get a pcie addon, but you get an additional boot screen while the card initiates. This board is stable and a good match to my AMD 3200G and 3500G. I like Gigabyte's control panel. Board was stable and worked well with Linux and windows dual boot. Upgrading is always an issue with microatx but this board was a little tighter in the pcie slot arena than other mfgs. 4 SATA vs 6 another ding. Most budget boards give up a SATA or pcie lane with a second m2 stick. This board worked so well I only dinged 1 star for pcie closeness and 4 SATA. If there were any performance issues it would be 2 stars. Other mfgs do a little better in design even on micros in these areas.

Anymuon · 2025-08-30 · via amazon

I'm pretty pleased with my Mobo so far, just installed it yesterday. The process was surprisingly easy and fairly quick. I won't be doing any sort of overclocking, so stability likely wont be an issue. Major recommendation if you only have a stock fan, be sure to go into your advanced settings and disable the boosted cpu performance, and quiet fan settings, the cpu will run extremely hot until you do (disabling dropped my max temps from high 70's down to low 60's under load). The UEFI is fairly intuitive, which I greatly appreciate. The biggest selling point for me was the "out of the box" compatibility with my new Ryzen 5 3600 cpu. I literally didn't have to do anything but build the system. Works great, great price, I am very happy with it already. Here is to hoping for many years of gaming and video editing on my new system!

Tim Tsoukalas · 2021-04-21 · via amazon

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Socket

AM5

Chipset

B850

Form

ATX

WiFi

WiFi 6E