What does this mean?Highlights
Quality
A well equipped motherboard,along with great support with the manual and online msi videos.
Fantastic quality, i cannot fault it, truly i can't.
Windows 11 (out of the box) did not have a driver for built-in network card, so you might need to download those on another mac... Read More
The quality of finish and production is very impressive on this board, especially at the price.
Price
Complete system cost me just under £1000 excluding the gpu (already owned).
There's lots that comes included within this that makes the price tag worth while.
Packaging/appearance
I liked the nvme retaining clip on the first slot - beats a screw and again, nice heat sink to spread the heat from the boot drive.
One last note that i picked up on elsewhere - if you want air cooling, this board is fine, unlike the asus strix boards, which ... Read More
After doing a lot of research, i found the z690 tomahawk wifi ddr4 was the best companion to my shiny new 12600kf alder lake cpu.
Competitiveness
Good amount of usbs, great amount of fan headers.
I genuinely feel that this is the best ddr4 on the market for the z690 chipset, hands down.
Managed to get one with rebate and that made it a no-brainer for me value wise.
Finally, i had no socket/clearance issues fitting a noctua nh-u12a chromax to this board inside a fractal meshify 2 case.
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
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- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 75.0% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 42 reviews as of our last analysis date on Jan 17 2022.
Helpful InsightsBETA
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Was a bit surprised by a small mechanical defect the m2 cover bottom one had one of its legs loose unstuck from the actual motherboard
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Functionally everything worked fine out of the box
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Windows 11 out of the box did not have a driver for builtin network card so you might need to download those on another machine and put on usb stick or something as there is no drivers cd coming with the board
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I chose this board because the price point of this board is exceptional considering it does not compromise any performance features or looks
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
What really drew me to this was the power phase design of the board
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Very solid compared to others in the same price category only msis own edge board really competting here it also has rgb if thats your thing
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I had to plug in my phone to tether my wifi from there to get myself setup
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Something that isnt included in the photos that might be of interest for some is stickers for the vrm and heatsinks
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