Compare 3 motherboards

Side-by-side comparison of 3 motherboards
Specification	Gigabyte Z390 AORUS ELITE	MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk LGA1151	Gigabyte AORUS Pro Intel Z390 LGA1151 DDR4 Quad-GPU ATX Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£271.22as of 22 Sep, 18:20	£282.47as of 22 Sep, 18:22	£284.88as of 22 Sep, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)
Brand (differs)	Gigabyte	MSI	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151
Chipset	Z390	Z390	Z390
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	not stated	DDR4	DDR4
RAM slots (differs)	4	not stated	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	4,400 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	2	2	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)	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title	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)	12+1	not stated	12+1
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1220	not stated	ALC1220
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#196,641	#321,960	#136,923
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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