Asus M4A785-M

This is an Micro-ATX board on the AM3/AM2+/AM2 socket. Expansion covers 2 M.2 slots and 2 PCIe slots. Memory support covers 4 DDR4 slots up to 16GB total. Pick the board for its socket before anything else — chipset niceties come after.

At $199.99 it sits in the mid-range motherboard bracket. Drop it into the PlanMyPC builder to check compatibility with the rest of your parts and compare current motherboard prices across retailers. Support and warranty service run through ASUS, with terms that vary by region. The full specification sheet below breaks out every listed detail, and the compatibility checker flags conflicts with parts already in your build.