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Specification	Card+M%C3% A8re+ASRock+B860M+LiveMixer+WiFi+%28Intel+LGA+1851%29+Micr…	GIGABYTE B860M AORUS ELITE WF6E ICE Motherboard	MSI B860M GAMING PLUS WIFI Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£165.09as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£164.49as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£162.00as of 5 Nov, 18:21
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	Gigabyte	MSI
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	9,200 MT/s	8,800 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	not stated	2	3
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	not stated	Yes
WiFi (differs)	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 6E	WiFi 7
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	5.4
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 4	USB4	Thunderbolt 4
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	Yes	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	not stated
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1220	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	White	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#70,866	#49,802	#15,359
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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