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Specification	MSI PRO Z790-A WiFi ProSeries Motherboard	ASUS PRIME Z790-A WIFI Intel Z790 LGA 1700 ATX PCIe5 Wi-Fi 6E HDMI…	MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi Gaming Motherboard	MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi DDR4 Gaming Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£478.19as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£414.93as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£545.60as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£410.59as of 5 Nov, 18:23
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£354.99	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	90-day low
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Nov 2020 (6 yr old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	MSI	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	DDR5	not stated	DDR5	DDR4
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	5,333 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	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
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)	not stated	20 Gbps	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	16+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)	not stated	HDMI	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)	#250,680	#156,464	#194,599	#263,785
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