ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2

Pros

• For a Mobo, I'd recommend the ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2. Praised by Hardware Unboxed, has decent VRMs and goes by $92 on occasion on Amazon.
• Well of these 2 the Asrock is the better board but there are still concerns with the whole killing CPUs thing which is understandable.
• I cannot recomment the ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 enough. I hope they still have that SKU for sale where you live. The pros in my POV: - AM5 on the cheaper side ($100~$110). - Has a gen 5 NVMe slot like OP asked. - Has good VRMs, meaning I've...
• Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 (AM5, B650, mATX, DDR5—2 DIMM slots up to 64 GB, HDMI + DisplayPort, 2.5G LAN, M.2 support)

Cons

• Now the cons: - It's "only" PCIe gen 4x16 on the first slot, but for all intents and purposes, if your GPU also has a 4x16 bus, you won't notice a thing.
• I also tried 3 different mobos, ASRock B650M-H/M.2+, ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 and GIGABYTE B650M D3HP, all brand new, same result on all of them.
• I'm aware that the ASRock is the better one VRM-wise from the HUB video but I saw many reddit posts complaining about it having noticeable coil whine and want to avoid the trouble of replacing a motherboard if possible, they are both clo...
• Motherboard: ASROCK B650M-HDV/M.2 (2+ years warranty)