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Specification	MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI	GIGABYTE Z790 Gaming X AX	TUF GAMING Z790-BTF WIFI 7 Intel Z790
Price (new) (differs)	£149.99as of 11 Oct, 06:21	£204.95as of 11 Oct, 06:21	not stated	£872.35as of 11 Oct, 06:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£149.99	£251.99	not stated	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (3 yr 11 mo old)	Jun 2019 (7 yr 4 mo old)	Jan 2023 (3 yr 8 mo old)	May 2024 (2 yr 5 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	Gigabyte	ASUS
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	4	4	4	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	7,000 MT/s	not stated	not stated	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	4	4	not stated	4
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	Yes	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 7
Bluetooth (differs)	5.2	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	Thunderbolt 4	not stated	Thunderbolt 4
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	16+1	16+2+1	16+1+1
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes	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 (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#9,714	#18,105	#191,469	#18,105
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	See it on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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