Joe Shields

The ASRock B550 Taichi has B550 internals with X570 looks and price. The board performed well against its peers, has a capable VRM, eight SATA ports and the signature premium Taichi appearance.

The MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk is a reasonably priced motherboard with capable VRMs, good performance and overclocking capability.

B550 with premium features at a nicer $210 price

B550 chipset, X570-like price and features

The Z490GTA EVO performs fine at stock speeds, with features comparable to other boards around this price. If you are looking to overclock, however, look elsewhere for now.

The Asus ROG Maximus XII Hero performed well against its peers (when unlocked), offering the latest in connectivity and looking good while doing so.

The MSI MEG Z490 Ace brings a slew of modern connectivity, including USB 3.2 Gen2 (20 Gbps), Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201, robust high-quality power delivery, and good (though not the best) performance.

The Gigabyte Aorus Z490 Master performed well against its peers in our testing, overclocked our CPU to 5.2 GHz, offers plenty of updated connectivity, plus three M.2 slots with heatsinks.

The ASRock Z490 PG Velocita performed very well against its more-expensive competition, overclocked our CPU to 5.2 GHz, and offers lots of modern connectivity, though we’d like to see more USB.

The Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super OC includes features like integrated fan and RGB headers and a robust heatsink and power delivery, coupled with a premium price.

EVGA uses liquid cooling to help with noise and thermals, but it comes with a steep price tag.

Inexpensive, cool running and performs well

Premium features for a premium price

The ASRock RX 5600 XT has a that massive cooler helps with noise and temperatures, but is it the best 5600 XT option?

This EVGA card is the least-expensive RTX 2060, but is it a knockout?

This RX 5600 XT is inexpensive, quiet, and performs well: Can we ask for more?

Do unique fan and RGB features make this card worth its high price?

The Aorus RX 5700 XT 8G is a great performer at 1440p with ultra settings. And with some tweaking, it’s 4K/60 capable. But this comes at a higher price than similarly performing cards.

MSI’s GTX 1660 Super Gaming X provides top tier 1660 Super performance, but is priced too high since 5600 XT release.

The Gigabyte RX 5700 XT Gaming OC 8G is quiet and more affordable than competitors, but has a more conservative overclock and can't OC with its own software.

With 1660 Ti-like pricing and better-than-2060 performance in our overclocked model, AMD’s new RX 5600 XT is the new sub-$300 card to beat.

Zotac's GTX 1660 AMP delivers good 1080p performance at high settings and frame rates, in a compact package.