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Specification	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX Motherboard	GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX	ASROCK Z790 Z790 PG LIGHTNING	ASROCK Z790 PG RIPTIDE
Price (new) (differs)	£188.97as of 13 Oct, 00:23	£188.97as of 13 Oct, 00:20	£182.76as of 13 Oct, 00:21	£196.58as of 13 Oct, 00:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	not stated	£186.26	£468.99
Price badge (differs)	not stated	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Oct 2022 (3 yr 11 mo old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)
Brand (differs)	Gigabyte	Gigabyte	ASRock	ASRock
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor (differs)	not stated	ATX	not stated	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots	4	4	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	7,600 MT/s	not stated	6,800 MT/s	6,800 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	4	4	4	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 4.0	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	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	None named in the listing title	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	not stated	not stated
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	not stated	not stated
SATA ports (differs)	not stated	not stated	4	8
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	16+1+2	16+1+2	14+1+1	14+1+1
BIOS flashback (differs)	Yes	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, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#29,898	#37,989	#161,124	#141,544
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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