Newegg - Asus TUF Gaming B450M PRO-S AM4 mATX mobo w/2.5gbe LAN $84.99

Icecold

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That seems like a nice motherboard at that price. I may pick one up as a spare AM4 board. Having the bios flashback button is nice in case it shows up with an old bios that doesn't support the 5000 series Ryzens, 2.5GBe would make a nice budget file server/nas if needed, etc. Thanks for the post @VirtualLarry
 
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It's m2 shares bandwidth with the x16pcie 2.0 port. Says if the port is used m2 will be disabled.
 

VirtualLarry

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It's m2 shares bandwidth with the x16pcie 2.0 port. Says if the port is used m2 will be disabled.
Pretty simple, the bottom-most x16 slot, and the bottom-most M.2 PCI-E slot, share lanes.

The top most PCI-e 3.0 x16 slot and M.2 PCI-e 3.0 x4 slots are unimpeded.