Gigabyte 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)

Best cheap option

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.

Do I wish it had 2 more slots for RAM yes, but it was the cheapest fastest Ryzen 5 3600 motherboard at the time and after a month now it's doing good no faults.

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, 2024Best 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 KitAMD Ryzen 5 4500 6-Core, 12-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor with Wraith Stealth Coolerall bought here on Amazonwith 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 filesYou can build a low cost computer for gaming.THIS SHOWKINGS card is what I bought here and am usingRadeon 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 GamingVisit the SHOWKINGS Store

Good motherboard for Office PCs and/or entry-level Gaming PCs. Paired it with a Ryzen 3 3200G CPU and of 16GBs 3200MHz DDR4 RAM.

This is the original easy MB. Easy manual.

Compatible with AMD Ryzen 7 5700X out of the box, no bothersome BIOS flash required.

i dont know if it just needed a bios update or its just defective, the website said it already supported Ryzen 5 2600 so i thought no flash bios was required i spent hours from day till night check over everything 50x but still no power than i watched videos of pple having the same issue with this motherboard so realized it was defective especially when i tested it against another motherboard that did get power and even if this motherboard just needed a bios update to power on how im i supposed to do that when i still need the pc on to do that? im very dissappointed by this dont like sold defective products