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Specification	ASUS Intel ROG Maximus Z890 Extreme E-ATX motherboard	GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS MASTER AI TOP Motherboard	MEG Z890 UNIFY-X	ASUS ROG Maximus Z890 Hero BTF
Price (new) (differs)	£681.78as of 11 Oct, 06:21	£557.29as of 11 Oct, 06:22	£669.99as of 11 Oct, 06:23	£595.99as of 11 Oct, 06:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£1,360.00	£869.99	£669.99	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2024 (1 yr 11 mo old)	Nov 2024 (1 yr 10 mo old)	Jun 2025 (1 yr 4 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Gigabyte	MSI	ASUS
Socket	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851
Chipset	Z890	Z890	Z890	Z890
Form factor (differs)	E-ATX	E-ATX	not stated	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	256 GB
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	9,500 MT/s	not stated	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	6	4	not stated	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	not stated	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	Yes	not stated	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	Yes	Yes	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	None named in the listing title	WiFi 7
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	10GbE	10GbE	not stated	5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 5	Thunderbolt 4	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	40 Gbps	40 Gbps	not stated	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	20+1+2	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	not stated	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Black
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#7,949	#27,583	#79,596	#7,949
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