You need a board that just works in a mid-tower or SFF case without you hunting for adapters. The B850M EAGLE WF6E gives you HDMI 2.1 at 4K 60Hz plus two DisplayPorts at 4K 144Hz off the integrated graphics, so your monitor setup works before you even slot in a dedicated GPU. Realtek 2.5GbE handles your wired connection. Wi-Fi 6E keeps wireless snappy on the 6 GHz band when your router supports it. DDR5 goes to 8200 MT/s with EXPO profiles, four DIMM slots for up to 256 GB. One PCIe 5.0 x16 slot, a second x16 running at x4, two M.2 NVMe slots, and four SATA ports. Back panel has a USB-C Gen 2 port, a red USB-A Gen 2, and enough USB 3.2 Gen 1 and 2.0 to keep your peripherals fed. No drama. Plug in, boot, build
| brand | GIGABYTE |
| model | B850M EAGLE WF6E |
| chipset | AMD B850 |
| socket | AMD AM5 |
| form_factor | Micro ATX |
| memory_type | DDR5 |
| max_memory | 256 GB (4x DIMM, 64 GB per stick) |
| memory_speeds | Up to 8200 MT/s (OC); 4400–8200 MT/s supported |
| wireless | Realtek Wi-Fi 6E RTL8852CE |
| lan | Realtek 2.5GbE (2.5/1/100 Mbps) |
| pci_express_slots | 1x PCIe x16 (5.0/4.0), 1x PCIe x16 running at x4 (PCIe 3.0) |
| m2_slots | 2 (M2A_CPU, M2B_CPU) |
| sata_ports | 4 |
| usb_back_panel | 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2, 1x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (red), 4x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 4x USB 2.0 |
| usb_internal | 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 header, 2x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 4x USB 2.0 |
| video_outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1 (4K@60Hz, HDCP 2.3), 2x DisplayPort 1.4 (4K@144Hz) |
| raid_support | NVMe: RAID 0/1/5/10; SATA: RAID 0/1/10 |