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Specification	ASUS Z790 MAX Gaming WIFI7 Intel Z790	ASUS Z790-AYW WiFi W II Intel Z790 LGA 1700 ATX Motherboard PCIe 5.0	MSI PRO Z790-A WIFI	MSI PRO Z790-S WIFI Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£261.96as of 4 Oct, 06:23	£285.56as of 4 Oct, 06:22	£287.35as of 4 Oct, 06:21	£219.90 (currently unavailable)as of 4 Oct, 06:21
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	not stated	£309.99	£239.99
Price badge (differs)	not stated	30-day low	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	May 2025 (1 yr 4 mo old)	Jun 2025 (1 yr 4 mo old)	Oct 2022 (3 yr 11 mo old)	Aug 2023 (3 yr 1 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	ASUS	MSI	MSI
Socket	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700	LGA1700
Chipset	Z790	Z790	Z790	Z790
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	4
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	not stated	7,600 MT/s	6,600 MT/s
M.2 slots (differs)	3	3	not stated	2
Newest PCIe generation stated (differs)	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	not stated	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	not stated	Yes	not stated	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 7	WiFi 6	Yes (generation not stated)	WiFi 6E
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	not stated	not stated	5.3
Wired LAN (differs)	1GbE	2.5GbE	not stated	2.5GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	USB4	USB4	not stated	not stated
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	20 Gbps	10 Gbps	not stated	20 Gbps
SATA ports	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	14+1	12+1	16+1+1	not stated
BIOS flashback	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Debug LED / POST code	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	Yes	not stated	not stated
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	HDMI	not stated	HDMI, DisplayPort
Audio codec	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#363,119	#124,644	#190,701	#56,146
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