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Specification	Card+M%C3% A8re+ASRock+B860M+LiveMixer+WiFi+%28Intel+LGA+1851%29+Micr…	MSI B860M GAMING PLUS WIFI Motherboard	GIGABYTE B860M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£165.09as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£162.00as of 5 Nov, 18:21	£159.19as of 5 Nov, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£190.87	£179.99	£179.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Nov 2024 (1 yr 11 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 9 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	MSI	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851
Chipset	B860	B860	B860
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots	4	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	8,666 MT/s	8,800 MT/s	9,200 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	3	2
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	not stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 7	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	5.4	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 4	Thunderbolt 4	USB4
Fastest USB-C port	40 Gbps	40 Gbps	40 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	not stated	Yes
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	not stated
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1220	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#70,866	#15,359	#49,802
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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