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Specification	MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC	MSI MPG Z390 Gaming PRO Carbon LGA1151	Gigabyte AORUS Pro Intel Z390 LGA1151 DDR4 Quad-GPU ATX Motherboard	MSI Z390-A PRO LGA1151
Price (new) (differs)	£407.70as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£339.45 (currently unavailable)as of 5 Nov, 18:20	not stated	£344.87as of 5 Nov, 18:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2018 (8 yr 1 mo old)	Oct 2018 (8 yr old)	Oct 2018 (8 yr old)	Oct 2018 (8 yr old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	MSI	Gigabyte	MSI
Socket	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151
Chipset	Z390	Z390	Z390	Z390
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	4	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,400 MT/s	4,400 MT/s	not stated	4,400 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	2	2	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	PCIe 3.0
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)	Yes (generation not stated)	None named in the listing title	WiFi 5	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	not stated	1GbE	1GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	not stated	12+1	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	Yes	Yes	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec (differs)	not stated	not stated	ALC1220	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#62,375	#94,565	#194,338	#112,439
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