MSI MEG X570 Godlike review - Product Showcase

The Godlike motherboard follows a standard E-ATX form factor (12 in. x 10.7 in. (30.5 cm x 27.2 cm). The motherboard is located in the premium range motherboards for the Ryzen Gen 3 desktop processor product stack. 

Size	E-ATX
Chipset	AMD 570
Memory	4 x DDR4 up to 4800 (XMP OC with Ryzen gen 3) Original Ryzen up to 3600 MHz
Multi-GPU	CrossFireX, SLI
Expansion	3x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot (PCI_E1~3)rd Gen AMD Ryzen™ support PCIe 4.0 x16/x0/x0, x8/x0/x8, x8/x4/x4 mode 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ support PCIe 3.0x16/x0/x0, x8/x0/x8, x8/x4/x4 mode Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics support PCIe 3.0 x8/x0/x0 mode 1x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot (PCI_E4, supports x4 mode)
Storage	6x SATA 6Gb/s ports 3x M.2 slots (Key M) M2_1 slot (from AMD® X570 Chipset) supports PCIe 4.0 x4 (3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™) or 3.0 x4 (2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics) and SATA 6Gb/s 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices M2_2 slot (from AMD® X570 Chipset) supports PCIe 4.0 x4 (3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™) or 3.0 x4 (2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics) and SATA 6Gb/s 2242/ 2260/ 2280 storage devices M2_3 slot (from AMD® Processor) supports PCIe 4.0 x4 (3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™) or PCIe 3.0 x4 (2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics) 2242/ 2260/ 2280/ 22110 storage devices
Networking	1x Killer E2600 Gigabit LAN Controller 1x Killer E3000 2.5 Gbps LAN Controller 1x Aquantia 10 Gbps add-in card Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 Chipset
Audio	Xtreme Audio DAC: Isolated audio with ESS DAC, 2x audio processors & Nahimic to deliver the breathtaking sound quality with 384kHz/32-bit
USB	AMD X570 Chipset 3x USB 3.2 Gen2 (SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps) ports (2 Type-A ports on the back panel, 1 Type-C internal connectors) 4x USB 3.2 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) ports through the internal USB connectors 4x USB 2.0 (High-speed USB) ports through the internal USB connectors AMD Processor 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 (3rd Gen AMD Ryzen™) or USB 3.2 Gen1 (2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™/ Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Vega Graphics and 2nd Gen AMD Ryzen™ with Radeon™ Graphics) Type-A and Type-C port on the back panel 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 (SuperSpeed USB) Type-A ports on the back panel
RGB	1x 4-pin RGB LED connector 2x 3-pin RAINBOW LED connectors 1x 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector

With this 570X board MSI outs a super enthusiast class product, it has plentiful enough features to keep you busy for a while. The Ryzen processor has 16 PCIe Gen 4.0  lanes available just for for your graphics solution. The mobo has been fitted with RGB activity available, all were kept subtle and can be configured on/off/animated and RGB colored as well as an info OLED screen. The graphics slots have metal shielding.

  
The motherboard includes all of the standardized X570 chipset options with three full-speed PCIe Gen 4.0 M.2 SSD slots, it is SLI and Crossfire compatible as well, one x16 slot (configured as Gen 4 x16 on the first slot, if a second slot is used you'll split the lanes in Gen 4 x8).  The board follows the E-ATX Form Factor.

1. Clear CMOS Button
2. Wi-Fi /Bluetooth Antenna Connectors
3. PS/2 Gaming Device Port
4. Killer 2.5G + Killer Gigabit LAN
5. HD Audio Connectors
6. Flash BIOS Button
7. USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports
8. USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports Type-A+C
9. USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports
10. 6.3mm headphone
11. Optical S/PDIF-Out

 
The board comes with two 8-pin power connectors, don't worry you can use just a single 8-pin. There's also all kinds of LED enablement on (and under) the board as well as RGB LED strip connectors you can configure with MSI software. The board has 3 x PCIe 3.0 x16 slots and the lower one that looks like an x16 slot, in fact, is a 1x PCIe 4.0/3.0 x16 slot (PCI_E4, supports x4 mode). All can be arranged in these slot configurations with graphics cards:

• x16/x0/x0
• x8/x0/x8
• x8/x4/x4 
• Again, the lower x16 slot is x4 linked to the chipset.

As you can see, these are PCI Express Gen 4.0 configurations, that's plenty for regular graphics card setups up-to 2-way SLI/Crossfire. You'll get four DIMM slots that can be used for up to 128GB of dual-channel memory on Ryzen 3000. With regular Ryzen procs, up-to 3200 MHz is supported in OC mode, with the new Ryzen 3000 models 4800 MHz, however something at 3200CL14 to 3600 Cl16 we recommend. Please do check compatible memory and thus the QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists).