MSI MEG X570 Unify review

Posted on: 12/23/2020 02:05 AM

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i've this board for three weeks. empty
waiting for the single tear from a sad eyed clown - oh wait, no just money

Posted on: 12/23/2020 08:22 AM

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@xrodney
there are boards with 4+8 that require power on both plugs or they wont boot.
even just plugging in 4+4 works, just the single 8 is not enough.

you do know this is pcie gen 4, and slots will match 3.0 @16x/16x/8x in bandwidth, so lol...
(outside the fact most nicer boards let you change different x-modes for pci slots).

would you be happier with a crappy pch/fan (quality), that just looks like it was made from gold/platin, or rather a quality unit thats (just) looking cheap? right.


@all
what cools your cpu and gpu (rad/heatsink)?
what cools your case?
what cools your psu, and for others even ram/drives and other things...
but yeah, if its the chipset, thats too much, lol.
and "reliability" for any boards that came out in the past 2y is not a valid argument,
as there aren't any numbers (rma/forums etc) that would support a high failure rate.

and even if it dies, i will buy another universal (i think it was gpu) heatsink with fan, and replace it,
like i did on the single fail i had on +40 boards in 20y...



edit for wording.

Posted on: 12/24/2020 12:05 AM

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why the fan???

Posted on: 12/24/2020 10:00 AM

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Until you don't start using Zen 3 you are just fine with this board.
I recon one day MSI will put themselves together and make a good bios for Zen 3 thats works as it is supposed to.

I don't understand why people are moaning about the chipset fan honestly.
If you are to build a full silent PC just go for cheap B550 and problem solved and let X570 alone.
Or if you have a deep pocket still you can go for Asus X570 Dark Hero but that costs you one leg and arm.

Posted on: 12/27/2020 05:51 PM

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@Hilbert Hagedoorn could there be a typo on page 26? I see two X570 Unify temps, 50C and 67C.