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Specification	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-I Gaming WiFi Intel Z790 LGA 1700 Mini-ITX…	MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS ELITE AX Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£378.12as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£189.99as of 5 Nov, 18:23	£179.97as of 5 Nov, 18:23
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£545.37	£229.99	£189.99
Price badge (differs)	not stated	not stated	Lowest we've recorded
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 10 mo old)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 10 mo old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr 1 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	MSI	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor (differs)	Mini-ITX	ATX	not stated
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	2	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	7,200 MT/s	7,600 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	2	4	4
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 4.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	5.3	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 4	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	20 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	10+1	not stated	16+1+2
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#8,549	#17,109	#20,393
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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