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Specification	ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-A GAMING WIFI II	MSI MPG Z790 Carbon WiFi II Gaming Motherboard	MSI MPG Z790 Edge WiFi Gaming Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£610.21as of 7 Nov, 00:22	£664.00as of 7 Nov, 00:21	£545.60as of 7 Nov, 00:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP	not stated	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Nov 2023 (3 yr old)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 9 mo old)	Nov 2020 (6 yr old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	MSI	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor (differs)	not stated	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	not stated	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots	not stated	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	7,800 MT/s	7,200 MT/s
M.2 slots	not stated	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 7	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	19+1+1	16+1+1
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)	HDMI	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#417,499	#177,871	#194,968
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