Compare 4 motherboards

Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	ASRock Asro Z790 STEEL LEGEND WIFI Z790	GIGABYTE Z790 Gaming X AX	NZXT N7 Z790 Motherboard	MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI
Price (new) (differs)	£336.36as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£309.65as of 5 Nov, 18:23	£386.11 (currently unavailable)as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£286.57as of 5 Nov, 18:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£456.99	not stated	£299.99	£309.99
Price badge (differs)	30-day low	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)	Jan 2023 (3 yr 9 mo old)	Mar 2023 (3 yr 7 mo old)	Oct 2022 (4 yr old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	Gigabyte	NZXT	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	not stated	DDR5	not stated	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	4	4	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	6,800 MT/s	not stated	not stated	7,600 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	5	not stated	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	Yes (generation not stated)
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)	8	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	16+1+1	16+2+1	not stated	16+1+1
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	not stated	not stated
Audio codec (differs)	ALC897	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	not stated	Black	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#135,422	#201,918	#92,893	#350,697
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