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Specification	MSI MPG Z690 Edge WiFi DDR4 Gaming Motherboard	MSI PRO Z690-A WIFI Motherboard ATX	ASUS ROG Strix Z690-E Gaming WiFi 6E LGA 1700(Intel 12th Gen) ATX…
Price (new) (differs)	£653.20as of 5 Nov, 18:23	not stated	£361.75as of 5 Nov, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£219.99	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2021 (5 yr old)	Oct 2021 (5 yr old)	Nov 2021 (5 yr old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	MSI	ASUS
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z690	Z690	Z690
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	DDR4	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots	not stated	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	5,600 MT/s	6,400 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	4	5
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
WiFi	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	5.2	5.2
Wired LAN	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	not stated	Thunderbolt 4
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	20 Gbps	20 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	not stated	18+1
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec (differs)	ALC4080	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#192,250	#256,793	#136,174
Buy	Check price on Amazon	See it on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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