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Specification	ASUS Intel ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming WiFi ATX motherboard	ASUS Intel ROG Maximus Z890 Hero ATX motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z890-E Gaming WiFi Intel LGA 1851 ATX Motherboard	ASRock Z890 Taichi OCF ATX Motherboard for Intel LGA1851 CPUs
Price (new) (differs)	£229.99as of 7 Nov, 00:21	£306.64as of 7 Nov, 00:21	£299.99as of 7 Nov, 00:21	not stated
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£451.99	£872.94	£562.99	not stated
Price badge (differs)	not stated	Lowest we've recorded	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 10 mo old)	Oct 2024 (2 yr old)	Oct 2024 (2 yr old)	Oct 2024 (2 yr old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	ASUS	ASUS	ASRock
Socket	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851
Chipset	Z890	Z890	Z890	Z890
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	2
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	10,133 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	5	6	7	not stated
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	not stated
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	Yes	Yes	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	Yes	Yes	Yes	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	None named in the listing title
Bluetooth	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	2.5GbE	5GbE	5GbE	not stated
USB4 / Thunderbolt	Thunderbolt 4	Thunderbolt 4	Thunderbolt 4	Thunderbolt 4
Fastest USB-C port	40 Gbps	40 Gbps	40 Gbps	40 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	Yes	Yes	Yes	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI	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)	#8,319	#8,319	#8,319	#12,283
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	See it on Amazon

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