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