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Specification	ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-H Gaming	ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI II	MSI MPG Z790 Carbon MAX WiFi II Gaming Motherboard	TUF GAMING Z790-BTF WIFI 7 Intel Z790
Price (new) (differs)	£798.92as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£1,034.79as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£1,177.32as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£930.51as of 20 Sep, 06:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2023 (3 yr 7 mo old)	Oct 2023 (2 yr 11 mo old)	Apr 2024 (2 yr 4 mo old)	May 2024 (2 yr 4 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	ASUS	MSI	ASUS
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	DDR5	not stated	DDR5	DDR5
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)	7,800 MT/s	not stated	7,800 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	4	not stated	not stated	4
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	not stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	Yes	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 7	WiFi 7
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	2.5GbE	not stated	5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	not stated	USB4	Thunderbolt 4
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	16+1	not stated	19+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)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	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)	#195,184	#259,342	#235,003	#48,044
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