Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2

This is an Micro-ATX board on the LGA1156 socket. Memory support covers 2 DDR4 slots up to 16GB total. Expansion covers 2 M.2 slots and 2 PCIe slots. Match the socket to your CPU generation first; chipset features second. Its $79.10 price tag places it squarely in budget territory.

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