Best motherboard I could have bought
by Andrej WeissWhen Ryzen 3000 came out, I decided, it's time for upgrade. I did a lot of searching for info about the X570 board.After that my list of potential boards to buy got limited to MPG X570 Gaming EDGE WiFi, MPG X570 Gaming PRO Carbon WiFi, Asus ROG STRIX X570 Gaming-E and Asus ROG STRIX X570 Gaming-F.After comparing them, MPG X570 Gaming PRO Carbon WiFi was for me ideal, very nice aestetics, good connectivity options, and 100 less that the Asus ones.The box is filled with all needed stuff (SATA cables, M.2 screws, cable labels, case badge, ...).Installation is very easy and I thought, top VRM cooler might colide with my AIO cooler, but it didn't, so I am satisfied.After installing CPU, RAM and putting the whole system together, I had to set up BIOS. It was straightforward with no problems at all.Operation with OCed system really smooth and quiet, RAMs running at full speed (4133MHz).I also did some game testing:- Starcraft II - Extreme settings - 80+ FPS- Witcher 3 - High settings - 60+ FPS- Mass Effect Andromeda - Ultra settings - 60+ FPS- Tomb Raider (2013) - Ultimate settings - 60+ FPS- Rise of the Tomb Raider - High settings - 60+ FPS- Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Highest settings - 60+ FPSPros:- Very good gaming board for all new Ryzen CPUs (I have Ryzen 5 3600)- Very nice design with big enought VRM and chipset coolers- M.2 heatsinks- PCI express STEEL ARMOR - Keeps my GPU nice and steady in place (not unlike my ROG STRIX B350-F Gaming board)- I/O shield preinstalled- WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5- Many USB for all my accessories- 2x USB3 front panel headers- RGB zones on board itself and headers- Enough SATA ports- Enough FAN headers with good positions for my case (3 at the bottom for 3 front sysFANs, 1 at the top for back sysFAN)- Clean BIOS with enought settings and easy overclockCons:There are just a small things, that could be made better:- VRM cooler near back I/O panel - I would change the color to black. Then it would match the board design perfectly- 1 4pin RGB header at the top - this board could have 2 4pin RGB headers for (at least) better cable management and lightning zones config. Also this one header could have been in different place.Top of the board (right under AIO cooler) is not that good.- RGB setting after startup - Default setting of RGB lightning is after every PC startup right until logging to Windows, when Dragon center takes control. If also some basic RGB settings can be done in BIOS, I'd appreciate it.- BIOS reset jumper position - That could have in in different place. It is a bit harder to reach, when installed with bigger GPUs- Mouse poiner in BIOS is not as smooth as it could/should be- 2 more SATA cables would be nice to haveConclusion:I would really recommend it with the new Ryzen CPUs.My build:CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600CPU Cooler: SilentiumPC Navis 280 RGBMOBO: MSI MPG X570 Gaming PRO Carbon WiFiRAM: Patriot Viper RGB DDR4 2x8GB 4133MHzGPU: Sapphire Nitro+ Radeon RX580 8GBHDD1: WD Black SN750 250GB M.2 SSDHDD2: Patriot Burst 960GB 2.5' SSDHDD3: Seagate Barracuda 3.5' 2TB (2018)PSU: SilentiumPC Supremo FM2 750WCASE: SilentiumPC Regnum RG4TG BlackCASE FAN: 4x SilentiumPC Stella HP 120 PWM RGB
