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Most gaming boards don't come with a TPM chip right?

No idea about "most", but for example, I have an Asus Prime X470 Pro. It has a 14-pin TPM connector, but the module is separate. Looks like they are not expensive[0], but... sold separately.

However there is also an fTPM setting available (apparently built in, but I haven't tested that yet.)

[0] https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1237446-REG/asus_tpm_...

I've only ever seen gaming mobos with those 14-pin TPM connectors and no module. There's also really no reason to use a TPM module, as far as I can tell.

Full disk encryption for one thing.

> Full disk encryption for one thing.

Full disk backdoor. TPM has a long history of backdoorig.

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