ASRock X470 TaiChi Ultimate (10GbE-T port!) $219.99, Ryzen R5 1600 "AF" $95 @ Newegg (SS today only)

VirtualLarry

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One of Newegg's ShellShockers. Pretty decent deal, as a 10GbE-T card will run you $100+ for new anyways, and this mobo has one included (as well as Intel 1GbE-T LAN).

One minor downside, the secondary NVMe slot is PCI-E 2.0 x4, and if you use the bottom-most PCI-E x16 slot, it disables the secondary M.2 NVMe slot (shared PCI-E lanes). (Something that is not an issue with the Asus B450-F ROG STRIX that I'm currently using. I can use both NVMe slots at PCI-E 3.0 x4, both GPU slots at PCI-E 3.0 x8 and x4, and PCI-E 2.0 x4 for the last PCI-E x16 slot.)

Edit: They've got a Ryzen R5 1600 "AF" (according to a singular review) on SS today too, for $95 or so.
 

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Edit: They've got a Ryzen R5 1600 "AF" (according to a singular review) on SS today too, for $95 or so.

That's not a bad price for a processor of that capability, but the MSRP is $85 and it has been selling on Amazon at that price for over a month. I'm surprised to see it listed as a "Shell Shocker" but I guess its availability has been limited and that has made the price go up at many stores.
 
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