MSIMPG X670E CARBON WIFI Motherboard, ATX - Supports AMD Ryzen 7000 Series Processors, AM5-18 Duet Rail 90A Power Stage, DDR5 Memory Boost 6600+MHz/OC, 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16, 2 x M.2 Gen5, Wi-Fi 6E

MSI MPG X670E CARBON WIFI AM5 ATX Motherboard is simply the best board of its type on the market within its price range. Direct competitors are represented by ASUS and Asrock boards.MSI board has very good set of features.First, it features 2 x16 PCIe 5.0 extension slots. Of course, if anyone would like to use both slots at the same time, they are going to be x8 electrically. This was quite standard before, but not anymore. Competitors did not bifurcate PCIe lanes from CPU and provide only one x16 PCIe 5.0 slot. Needless to say, there are no peripherals available, which can benefit from x16 PCIe 5.0 connectivity. This way MSI's way to split CPU PCIe lanes is provides more ways for extension.Second, it features one more PCIe 1 x16 PCIe 4.0 extension slots from chipset, electrically x4. If PCIe extension slots from CPU are busy with their peripherals, it is possible to use this one to connect quite normal PCIe extension card. PCIe 4.0 x4 lanes electrically wide slot provides a lot of necessary bandwidth for almost any peripherals on the market, like HBA adapters, network adapters, etc.This way MSI board can connect 3 high-speed adapters, while competitors provide connectivity either limited in speed, or form-factor, or number of adapters to connect simultaneously. Of course, connecting 3 extension adapters is only for serious use cases, but why would anyone want to cripple his possibilities by buying inferior board from the beginning?That is not all.Third, MSI board features 2 m.2 x4 PCIe 5.0 slots for SSD with direct connection to CPU.Four, MSI board features 2 m.2 x4 PCIe 4.0 slots for SSD with connection to chipset. Of course, two SSDs, connected to chipset are going to be limited in bandwidth due to CPU-chipset connectivity, but it is still a lot of bandwidth to use.Competitors propose mixture of SSDs connectivity, connected to different parts of chipset and limited either in speed, or number of SSDs possible to connect.Again, it is somewhat corner case, where 4 m.2 PCIe SSDs are necessary in system, but, again, why would anyone want to cripple his possibilities by buying inferior board from the beginning?The only thing, which is not good in MSI board is network connectivity. Reading the board specs from the beginning I expected to see at least 2.5G Intel NIC, Realtek 2.5G NIC came as unexpected bad surprise. Yes, it is a huge drawback, since Realtek network solutions are not good. We have almost workstation class board extension wise and Realtek to connect it to wired network. Unfortunately, it is part of our life. Nothing is perfect. I should admit, competitors did a better job in this aspect.So, for me MSI is a clear winner feature-wise. Market is also agrees with this point of view. While it is possible to buy Asrock, or ASUS boards, almost everywhere MSI boards are sold out.

If you’re going for RGB make sure to have a splitter as it’s only have 2 rgb 3 pin connectors, won’t take away any stars as this is not that crucial, great mobo specially for gamers and looks great

Good price and works well..paired with 7950x3d..good value with lots of upgrade possibilities..paired with 2tb Samsung 990pro m2 drive. 64bg ram.. haven't had any issues