Compare 4 motherboards

Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC	MSI MPG Z390 Gaming PRO Carbon LGA1151	ASUS ROG Strix Z390-F Gaming Motherboard LGA1151	Gigabyte Aorus Z390 AORUS XTREME
Price (new) (differs)	£326.26as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£340.48as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£318.34as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£449.00as of 20 Sep, 06:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	not stated	90-day low	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Jan 2019 (7 yr 8 mo old)	Nov 2018 (7 yr 9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	MSI	ASUS	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151
Chipset	Z390	Z390	Z390	Z390
Form factor (differs)	ATX	ATX	ATX	E-ATX
Memory type	DDR4	DDR4	DDR4	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)	4,400 MT/s	4,400 MT/s	not stated	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	2	2	2	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)	Yes (generation not stated)	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 (differs)	not stated	not stated	1GbE	not stated
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)	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	Yes	Yes	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#48,596	#262,399	#64,269	#193,718
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