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Specification	MSI MPG Z790 Carbon MAX WiFi II Gaming Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI II	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi II LGA 1700	MSI MPG Z790 Edge TI MAX WiFi Gaming Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£1,029.73as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£984.77as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£926.47as of 5 Nov, 18:23	£857.06as of 5 Nov, 18:22
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)	Apr 2024 (2 yr 6 mo old)	Oct 2023 (3 yr old)	Oct 2023 (3 yr old)	Feb 2024 (2 yr 8 mo old)
Brand (differs)	MSI	ASUS	ASUS	MSI
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	not stated	7,800 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	5	not stated
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	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	Yes	Yes
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 7	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 7	WiFi 7
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	5GbE	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	USB4	not stated	not stated	not stated
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)	19+1+1	not stated	not stated	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)	not stated	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort	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)	#240,815	#265,825	#136,174	#337,887
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