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Pros & Cons
Pros
At $270 it is a fantastic bang for your buck, you get a lot of extras for the additional $100 you spend over an entry level z490 board. The board provides the option for a sleek, carbon/blacked out look similar to my asus z97-ar. Motherboard is more t... Read More
Just plugging the power cables into the motherboard could be a lot easier if the power sockets were relocated. There are standard settings you can find using a little bit of logic on almost all other motherboard companies that are near impossible to f... Read More
Onboard wi-fi great too (external antenna). Even has bluetooth and wifi as a bonus. Back panel has a ton of usb ports.
It has two usb 2. Gen 2, and usb 3. Gen 2 ports. Also included is a 2. Inch touch screen.
Cons
Second board with the box unsealed and the lid opened on my doorstep. Both have the same problem. No refund for you.
Msi's dragon center software is garbage. Mystic light is only available through the suite dragon center on this generation.
Highlights
Quality
Bought this with the intention of having it around for the next 10+ years.
Very quality components, solid board and connectors.
Price
Has everything higher price models offers without getting too flashy for a decent price.
Price dropped a bit after i bought it.
Packaging/appearance
But check over board before install and save yourself the aggravation.
Competitiveness
Runnning an msi 3080ti and a 2tb samsung evo 980 pro and getting crazy benchmarks from it.
Nice motherboard for the money, with i5 10600k cpu, plays just about every game with a gtx 1080ti gpu
Large heatsinks near cpu may interfere with aio cooler.
I had to do a bit of maneuvering for this specific build (case issue, not a board issue) and it was banged around a few times a... Read More
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- This product had a total of 1,272 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 8 2023.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All my components snapped in without a hitch including an error light if anything goes awry
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So often the box comes as is from the factory with a label slapped on it
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Gigabyte pins are much stiffer and somewhat thicker
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The msi board could have been a return nothing taped up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Built 2 msi before and never had this problem the pins were like fine thin wire and there is no way you could plug anything into them they would bend like a strand of speaker wire
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Dont need faster then that and that is all i ever will use it for
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