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Specification	ASUS PRIME Z790-A WIFI Intel Z790 LGA 1700 ATX PCIe5 Wi-Fi 6E HDMI…	MSI PRO Z790-A WiFi ProSeries Motherboard	MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi Gaming Motherboard	MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi II Gaming Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£414.93as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£478.19as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£545.60as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£664.00as of 5 Nov, 18:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£354.99	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Nov 2020 (6 yr old)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	MSI	MSI	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	not stated	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	7,200 MT/s	7,800 MT/s
M.2 slots	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Yes
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 7
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	not stated	16+1+1	19+1+1
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	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	not stated	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)	#156,464	#250,680	#194,599	#176,650
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