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Specification	ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-Plus WiFi LGA 1700(Intel12th Gen) ATX Gaming…	ASUS ROG Strix Z690-E Gaming WiFi 6E LGA 1700(Intel 12th Gen) ATX…	MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4 Gaming Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£331.13as of 22 Sep, 18:22	£354.43as of 22 Sep, 18:20	£567.21as of 22 Sep, 18:22
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 (differs)	Feb 2022 (4 yr 7 mo old)	Nov 2021 (4 yr 10 mo old)	Oct 2021 (4 yr 10 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	ASUS	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z690	Z690	Z690
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	DDR5	DDR5	DDR4
RAM slots	not stated	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	5,600 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	4	5	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 4.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	5.2	not stated
Wired LAN	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 4	Thunderbolt 4	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	14+2	18+1	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated
Audio codec (differs)	not stated	not stated	ALC4080
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#396,353	#108,541	#408,956
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