MSI MEG X570 Unify review

Posted on: 12/27/2020 07:21 PM

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@tunejunky
where u located?
115$ for 16gb DDR4 b-die
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07TWJ42VQ/ref=ppx-yo-dt-b-search-asin-title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

@Freeman
lol, you heard that some pc parts need (active) cooling?
or is your rig completely passive, incl cpu/gpu and psu?
right...

@Devid
google Gb Master/Elite/Ultra cold-boot/sudden reboot (bios) issues...
using 4 different 3600 kits (Corsair/Gskill/Patriot) on my Gb Aorus x570 Ultra (300$ crap) and it wouldnt even post, even with ram 3600/1.38v.
required a flashback to get it working again, and non of the kits where stable (xmp manually set), even with added voltage (Gb is providing 1.372 when 1.35 is set in bios, utter joke).

Three different (150$) MSI x570 boards are running those kits just fine at XMP spec.

Posted on: 12/31/2020 01:16 AM

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In this review, we look at the MSI MEG X570 Unify. Priced at $280 MSI delivers an all dark X570 motherboard that has been loaded with features like 2.5 Gbit LAN and AX WIFI, and looks that make this b...

Review: MSI MEG X570 Unify
Great review, just ordered one from Scan, was very torn between this and the b550 unify to replace my Asus Prime x570pro that only has 2x m.2 and 4 too many sata ports than i need.

Posted on: 01/02/2021 11:49 AM

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Hi guys, my MSI MEG X570 Unify arrived this morning from Scan, first thing i noticed was how heavy this thing is....... 2.3kg for total parcel weight, unfortunately the weekend is to short so i`ll be fitting this bad boy on my next day off....Monday, bummer that my week off got canceled due to a work colleague going in to isolation....too convenient for my liking but i digress, will update with thoughts and pic`s in a few days.

Posted on: 01/02/2021 09:38 PM

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and again: nice fan high-end? pfft
Next chipset please!
At least MSI have the decency to not troll their customers by making sure the fan is 100% blocked like Asus does on literally every single X570 board they offer. I switched an Asus X570 while using an AIO'd 1080 Ti so it wasn't blocked too badly since it had no traditional heatsink on it, so I would idle at 56-60C and that was around the temp range for load as well with the highest I've ever seen being 62C.

Now that I have an RTX 3080, so a traditional air cooled card, of course the hot air blows directly into the chipset just as it would on any other Asus X570 model. I saw it hit near 100C once when I accidentally left the GPU fan at 40 or 50%.

To compensate I installed 3x120mm Noctua high static pressure intake fans at the top and set them to jet mode to blast enough cool air with enough pressure to force itself into the small crevice necessary. I still sometimes hit near 80C under load because I can't do anything about hot air from the GPU being shat into it, short of switching to custom water cooling assuming a block for my 3080 even exists.

Posted on: 01/03/2021 04:14 PM

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Have mine with a 3950, 32gb 3600@16 and a 3090 all loop cooled chipset fan never goes above 59 deg C and is set to activate at 68 deg C by the time it gets there the bottom case/Rad fans are running at maximum anyway so it keeps everything cool in fact at full load it gets cooler due to the extra air being moved in the case as the Fans ramp up with coolant Temp