{"product_id":"asrock-b850m-challenger-am5-ddr5-matx-motherboard-pcie-5-0","title":"ASRock B850M Challenger AM5 DDR5 mATX Motherboard PCIe 5.0","description":"\u003ch2 data-section-id=\"17jqnzb\" data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"367\"\u003eASRock B850M Challenger AMD AM5 Micro-ATX Motherboard (DDR5, PCIe 5.0)\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"369\" data-end=\"698\"\u003eBuild a powerful, future-ready AMD system with the ASRock B850M Challenger motherboard. 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