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Specification	ASUS Intel ROG Maximus Z890 Extreme E-ATX motherboard	GIGABYTE Z890 Motherboard	GIGABYTE Z890 AORUS MASTER AI TOP Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£926.51as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£1,060.33as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£852.53as of 5 Nov, 18:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£1,360.00	£1,280.08	£869.99
Price badge (differs)	not stated	Lowest we've recorded	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2024 (2 yr old)	Nov 2024 (1 yr 11 mo old)	Nov 2024 (1 yr 11 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Gigabyte	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851
Chipset	Z890	Z890	Z890
Form factor	E-ATX	E-ATX	E-ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	9,500 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	6	4	4
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	Yes	Yes	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	Yes
WiFi	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	WiFi 7
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN	10GbE	10GbE	10GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 5	Thunderbolt 5	Thunderbolt 4
Fastest USB-C port	40 Gbps	40 Gbps	40 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	22+1+2	20+1+2
BIOS flashback (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	Yes	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)	#8,549	#33,700	#33,700
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

Highlighted rows differ between these boards. “Not stated” means the Amazon listing does not mention it: the board may still have it, so check the maker’s specification. Power phases are printed as stated by the maker and are not comparable between brands. Prices are the new price on Amazon.co.uk at the time shown; the price on Amazon when you buy is the one that applies.

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