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Specification	GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite AX	ASUS Prime Z790-P, an Intel Z790 LGA 1700 ATX motherboard with PCIe…	ASUS PRIME Z790-P WIFI Intel Z790 1700 ATX 4 DDR5 HDMI DP Wi-Fi…	MSI MAG Z790 TOMAHAWK WIFI Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£179.97as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£178.99as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£169.98as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£189.99as of 5 Nov, 18:23
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£287.43	£354.99	£229.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 10 mo old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Jan 2022 (4 yr 10 mo old)
Brand (differs)	Gigabyte	ASUS	ASUS	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	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)	not stated	not stated	not stated	7,200 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	4	3	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)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	None named in the listing title	WiFi 6	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	20 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	16+1+2	14+1	14+1	not stated
BIOS flashback (differs)	Yes	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)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#67,637	#28,753	#74,931	#17,109
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