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Specification	ASUS PRIME Z890M-PLUS WIFI Intel Z890 LGA 1851	GIGABYTE Z890M AORUS Elite WIFI7 Intel Core Ultra	MB ASRock Intel 1851 Z890M Riptide WiFi
Price (new) (differs)	£159.60as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£227.97as of 20 Sep, 06:20	£228.98as of 20 Sep, 06:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£221.99	not stated	£232.76
Price badge (differs)	not stated	30-day low	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2024 (2 yr 8 mo old)	Aug 2025 (1 yr 1 mo old)	Oct 2024 (1 yr 11 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	Gigabyte	ASRock
Socket	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851
Chipset	Z890	Z890	Z890
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	4	4
Maximum RAM (differs)	not stated	not stated	256 GB
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	9,466 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	3	1
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 7	WiFi 7	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	not stated	USB4	USB4
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	40 Gbps	not stated
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	not stated	12+1+2	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	not stated	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec (differs)	not stated	not stated	ALC1220
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#47,987	#204,127	#20,647
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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