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Specification	ASRock B860M Steel Legend WiFi DDR5 PCIe 5.0 Micro-ATX Motherboard	GIGABYTE B860M AORUS Elite WIFI6E ICE Intel Core Ultra	ASRock Phantom Gaming B860M Lightning WiFi 6E Intel Core Ultra B860…
Price (new) (differs)	£197.05as of 20 Sep, 06:22	£182.21as of 20 Sep, 06:21	£178.04as of 20 Sep, 06:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	not stated	£240.93
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 8 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 8 mo old)	Nov 2024 (1 yr 9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	Gigabyte	ASRock
Socket	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851
Chipset	B860	B860	B860
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	4	4	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	8,666 MT/s	not stated	8,933 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	3	4
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	not stated
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 4	not stated	Thunderbolt 4
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	40 Gbps	not stated	not stated
SATA ports (differs)	not stated	not stated	4
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers	not stated	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1220	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	White	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#64,762	#120,716	#64,762
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