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Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-I Gaming WiFi Intel Z790 LGA 1700 Mini-ITX…	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS PRO X Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£189.99as of 5 Nov, 18:23	£179.97as of 5 Nov, 18:23	£378.12as of 5 Nov, 18:20	not stated
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£229.99	£189.99	£545.37	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 10 mo old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr 1 mo old)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 10 mo old)	Sep 2023 (3 yr 1 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	Gigabyte	ASUS	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor (differs)	ATX	not stated	Mini-ITX	not stated
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	4	4	2	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	7,200 MT/s	7,600 MT/s	not stated	8,266 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	4	4	2	4
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	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)	5.3	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	not stated	5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	not stated	Thunderbolt 4	not stated
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+2	10+1	18+1+2
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	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)	#17,109	#20,393	#8,549	#109,257
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