Compare 3 motherboards

Side-by-side comparison of 3 motherboards
Specification	MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC	Gigabyte AORUS Pro Intel Z390 LGA1151 DDR4 Quad-GPU ATX Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS MASTER Newcomer in the range
Price (new) (differs)	£329.41as of 21 Sep, 12:20	£284.66as of 21 Sep, 12:20	not stated
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	not stated	£412.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Aug 2018 (8 yr 1 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	Gigabyte	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151
Chipset	Z390	Z390	Z390
Form factor (differs)	ATX	ATX	not stated
Memory type (differs)	DDR4	DDR4	not stated
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	4,400 MT/s	not stated	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	2	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 5	WiFi 5
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	1GbE	1GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	12+1	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	Yes	Yes	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	not stated
Audio codec (differs)	not stated	ALC1220	ALC1220
Colour (differs)	not stated	not stated	Black
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#62,361	#133,995	#194,454
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	See it on Amazon

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