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Specification	ASRock B860M Steel Legend WiFi DDR5 PCIe 5.0 Micro-ATX Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B860M Lightning WiFi 6E Intel Core Ultra B860…	ASUS B860M AYW GAMING WIFI
Price (new) (differs)	£197.05as of 20 Sep, 06:22	£178.04as of 20 Sep, 06:22	£189.99as of 20 Sep, 06:22
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	£240.93	£189.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 8 mo old)	Nov 2024 (1 yr 9 mo old)	Mar 2026 (6 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	ASRock	ASUS
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	not stated	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	8,666 MT/s	8,933 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	4	2
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	5.3	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	not stated	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 4	Thunderbolt 4	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	40 Gbps	not stated	5 Gbps
SATA ports (differs)	not stated	4	not stated
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 (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1220	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#64,762	#64,762	#129,329
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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