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Specification	MSI MEG Z390 ACE - MB Int Z390 MEG ACE DDR4 ATX	ASRock 90-MXB8X0-A0UAYZ Newcomer in the range	MSI Z390-A PRO ATX Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Z390 AORUS XTREME
Price (new) (differs)	£390.68as of 22 Sep, 18:22	£484.25as of 22 Sep, 20:24	£369.00as of 22 Sep, 18:22	£449.00as of 22 Sep, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	30-day low	not stated	90-day low	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Aug 2018 (8 yr 1 mo old)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Nov 2018 (7 yr 9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASRock	MSI	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151
Chipset	Z390	Z390	Z390	Z390
Form factor (differs)	ATX	not stated	ATX	E-ATX
Memory type (differs)	DDR4	not stated	not stated	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,600 MT/s	not stated	not stated	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	3	not stated	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title	WiFi 5
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	10 Gbps	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	Black	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#421,080	#296,497	#397,853	#194,577
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