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Specification	ASROCK Z790 PG RIPTIDE	ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI	MSI PRO Z790-S WIFI Motherboard	MSI PRO Z790-A WiFi II Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£193.99as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£200.99as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£220.11as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£207.75as of 20 Sep, 06:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£468.99	£251.99	£239.99	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2022 (3 yr 11 mo old)	Jun 2019 (7 yr 3 mo old)	Aug 2023 (3 yr old)	Dec 2025 (8 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	ASUS	MSI	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)	6,800 MT/s	not stated	6,600 MT/s	7,800 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	4	2	4
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	None named in the listing title	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	5.3	5.3
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	Thunderbolt 4	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	20 Gbps	20 Gbps	20 Gbps
SATA ports (differs)	8	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	14+1+1	16+1	not stated	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	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#141,224	#46,142	#55,002	#98,493
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