Compare 4 motherboards

Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI II	Gigabyte Z790 AORUS XTREME X ICE Motherboard	MSI MPG Z790 Carbon MAX WiFi II Gaming Motherboard	TUF GAMING Z790-BTF WIFI 7 Intel Z790
Price (new) (differs)	£1,034.79as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£1,599.00as 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 (differs)	not stated	£2,999.00	not stated	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	90-day low	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2023 (2 yr 11 mo old)	Apr 2024 (2 yr 5 mo old)	Apr 2024 (2 yr 4 mo old)	May 2024 (2 yr 4 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Gigabyte	MSI	ASUS
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor (differs)	ATX	not stated	ATX	ATX
Memory type (differs)	not stated	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	8,266 MT/s	7,800 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	5	not stated	4
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	Yes	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	Yes	not stated
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	WiFi 7
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	10GbE	5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	not stated	USB4	Thunderbolt 4
Fastest USB-C port	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	24+1+2	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	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	White	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#259,342	#259,960	#235,003	#48,044
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