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Specification	ASUS ROG Strix X870E-H Gaming WIFI7 Hatsune Miku Edition AMD X870E…	MSI Meg X870E Ace MAX Gaming Motherboard	MSI MEG X870E ACE MAX Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X870E Dark Hero ATX Motherboard
Price (new) (differs)	£1,077.82as of 5 Nov, 18:22	£642.48as of 5 Nov, 18:23	£649.99as of 5 Nov, 18:20	£625.47as of 5 Nov, 18:20
Amazon Warehouse offer	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
RRP (differs)	not stated	not stated	£599.99	not stated
Price badge	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
First available on Amazon (differs)	Oct 2025 (1 yr old)	Feb 2026 (8 mo old)	Jan 2026 (9 mo old)	Feb 2026 (9 mo old)
Brand (differs)	ASUS	MSI	MSI	ASUS
Socket	AM5	AM5	AM5	AM5
Chipset	X870E	X870E	X870E	X870E
Form factor	ATX	ATX	ATX	ATX
Memory type	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5	DDR5
RAM slots (differs)	not stated	not stated	4	not stated
Maximum RAM	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Fastest RAM speed stated (differs)	not stated	9,000 MT/s	9,000 MT/s	not stated
M.2 slots (differs)	4	not stated	5	5
Newest PCIe generation stated	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
PCIe 5.0 graphics slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	Yes	Yes
PCIe 5.0 M.2 slot (differs)	Yes	not stated	Yes	Yes
WiFi (differs)	WiFi 7	WiFi 6E	WiFi 7	WiFi 7
Bluetooth (differs)	not stated	5.3	5.4	not stated
Wired LAN (differs)	5GbE	not stated	5GbE	10GbE
USB4 / Thunderbolt (differs)	USB4	not stated	USB4	USB4
Fastest USB-C port (differs)	40 Gbps	not stated	40 Gbps	40 Gbps
SATA ports (differs)	2	not stated	not stated	not stated
Power phases (as stated by the maker) (differs)	16+2+1	18+2+1	not stated	20+2+2
BIOS flashback (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	Yes
Debug LED / POST code (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	Yes
ARGB headers (differs)	Yes	not stated	not stated	Yes
Video outputs (differs)	HDMI	HDMI, DisplayPort	not stated	HDMI
Audio codec (differs)	ALC1220	not stated	not stated	ALC4082
Colour	not stated	not stated	not stated	not stated
Amazon sales rank (differs)	#234,313	#309,362	#2,899	#235,824
Buy	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

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