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Side-by-side comparison of 4 motherboards
Specification	ASRock Phantom Gaming B860M Lightning WiFi 6E Intel Core Ultra B860…	ASUS TUF GAMING B860M-PLUS Intel mATX motherboard	GIGABYTE B860M AORUS Elite WIFI6E ICE Intel Core Ultra	GIGABYTE B860M AORUS ELITE WIFI6E Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£177.60as of 20 Sep, 02:42	£175.89as of 20 Sep, 02:42	£182.21as of 20 Sep, 02:42	£166.46as of 20 Sep, 02:42
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	£240.93	£263.73	not stated	£209.99
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Nov 2024 (1 yr 9 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 8 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 8 mo old)	Jan 2025 (1 yr 8 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASRock	ASUS	Gigabyte	Gigabyte
Socket	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851	LGA1851
Chipset	B860	B860	B860	B860
Form factor	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX	Micro-ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	4	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	8,933 MT/s	not stated	not stated	9,200 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	4	3	3	2
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	Yes	not stated	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 6E	None named in the listing title	WiFi 6E	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	5.3	not stated	not stated	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	not stated	2.5GbE	2.5GbE	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	Thunderbolt 4	not stated	not stated	USB4
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	not stated	20 Gbps	not stated	40 Gbps
SATA ports (differs)	4	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker)	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
BIOS flashback (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	Yes
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI, DisplayPort	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	not stated
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour (differs)	not stated	not stated	White	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#66,120	#34,475	#118,666	#13,591
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