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Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	ASRock 90-MXB8X0-A0UAYZ Newcomer in the range	Gigabyte Aorus Z390 AORUS XTREME	MSI MEG Z390 ACE - MB Int Z390 MEG ACE DDR4 ATX	MSI Z390-A PRO ATX Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£484.25as of 22 Sep, 20:24	£449.00as of 22 Sep, 18:20	£390.68as of 22 Sep, 18:22	£369.00as of 22 Sep, 18:22
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	30-day low	90-day low
First available on Amazon (differs)	Aug 2018 (8 yr 1 mo old)	Nov 2018 (7 yr 9 mo old)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2018 (7 yr 11 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	Gigabyte	MSI	MSI
Socket	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151	LGA1151
Chipset	Z390	Z390	Z390	Z390
Form factor (differs)	not stated	E-ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	not stated	DDR4	DDR4	not stated
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	4,600 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	3	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	WiFi 5	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title
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)	not stated	not stated	10 Gbps	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)	not stated	not stated	Yes	not stated
Video outputs	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	Black	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#296,497	#194,577	#421,080	#397,853
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