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Specification	"ASROCK Z790M ITX WIFI	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-I Gaming WiFi Intel Z790 LGA 1700 Mini-ITX…	MSI MPG Z790I Edge WiFi Gaming Motherboard	MSI PRO Z790-A WiFi II Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£210.49as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£378.12as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£519.99as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£209.76as of 5 Nov, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£388.99	£545.37	not stated	not stated
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)	Dec 2025 (10 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	ASUS	MSI	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor (differs)	Mini-ITX	Mini-ITX	Mini-ITX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	2	2	not stated	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	6,800 MT/s	not stated	8,000 MT/s	7,800 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	2	2	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)	Yes	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 (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN (differs)	2.5GbE	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	Thunderbolt 4	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	not stated	20 Gbps
SATA ports (differs)	4	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	7+1+1	10+1	10+1+1	not stated
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, DisplayPort	not stated	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec (differs)	ALC897	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#163,045	#8,549	#194,599	#160,745
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