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Specification	MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi Gaming Motherboard	ASUS TUF GAMING Z790-PLUS WIFI	MSI PRO Z790-A WiFi II Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£189.98as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£200.99as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£207.75as of 20 Sep, 06:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£499.99	£251.99	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Nov 2020 (5 yr 10 mo old)	Jun 2019 (7 yr 3 mo old)	Dec 2025 (8 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	7,800 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	4	4
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	Yes	Yes	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	Thunderbolt 4	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	20 Gbps	20 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	16+1	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#57,146	#46,142	#98,493
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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