MSI PRO Z790-P WiFi ProSeries Motherboard (Supports 12th/13th/14th Gen Intel Processors, LGA 1700, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, M.2, 2.5Gbps LAN, USB 3.2 Gen2, HDMI/DP, Wi-Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3, ATX)

This is a nice board. It isn't a MEG board, but it actually has more layers than the z690i Meg board that preceded this. The price is low too considering other z790 options out there. I was going to go with a ASUS Z790i board for a second build (two kids), but got a second one of these instead. It really is an excellent board if it meets your IO needs. I will break it down in categories.Looks: I find the board to be attractive. It is a silver tone leaning to the whiter side of the spectrum. I show the board in a white case with a 4090 FE and the board is a good contrast between the case and the GPU color.RGB: No onboard RGB diodes. There is a 5v RGB header, but this board only lights up for error codes. I prefer this as usually ram is RGB these days and fans. I rather not pay for RGB on a motherboard.Storage: Storage is nice on this board. 3 M.2 with 2 being 4th gen and 1 being 3rd gen. I added SATA SSD's since I have so many laying around, but you don't really have too with so much M.2 goodness. 3 us excellent for a ITX.Build quality: The board is built well. Better than most Edge boards. While it doesn't have a a full back plate, it has more payers than boards of this moniker which gives it rigidity and better overclocking on the ram from my experience.Noise: Out of the 2 boards I have, one of the founds is louder. I shouldn't say louder, but more high pitch. While I welcome the active cooling and it works well, I wish the fans noise was more consistent. It isn't loud and but you get higher pitch sound profile that most people do not prefer. Again, it isn't the same sound on both boards so it may be a one off. Not a big deal and you can't hear it unless the room is dead silent.Overclocking: OMG. I have a set of 7000 CL34 and 7200 CL34. Both are Hynix A die. I can get both to 7800 and 8000. I have to push voltages to 1.5v but since I am using a air cooler the ram doesn't exceed 55c during full load which is far below my 60c ceiling for DDR5. Besides ram , my 13600K overclocks to 5.7v all p core and 4.3 all ecore with 1.3v. That is lower voltage than what the board boosts too by default. The power delivery is clean with the board and plentiful. I also have a 13900k, but it is in a 10l case and I do not have the thermal head room to overclock it.Voltages and default power delivery: This board provides too much power at default. For example, my 13600 k only needs 1.18v to run at default clocks and boost. The board delivers up to 1.4v at default. I would suggest changing voltage through one of the auto settings or to a static voltage. The voltage will be determined by the quality of the chip you have.Temperatures: If you are running an AIO and airflow over your board isn't great, you will get some high board temperatures. PCH will get to the 80's during load for a 13600 or 13900k. They stack 2 M.2's over the PCH which adds to the heat of both the PCH and the M.2 in the lower slot. Compound that with a really fast and hot m.2 and that whole are stays hot. Board heat is common with z690 and z790 boards. The heat is within spec though. I went air cooling for a reason good air coolers are cheap and cool more than just the CPU.Overall this is a excellent board and the best value z790 out there at the time of writing this. The only downside is there is no thunderbolt. If you need thunderbolt then this is not the board for you.

Best motherboard I've owned. it is paired with an evga rtx3090.Having several MB's like asus, evga and others. Nicely packaged. performs without any issue whatsoever. I did use ram from their QVL and a 14th gen I-7. I bought this model because it has both a cmos reset and bios flash, on its rear IO. Also for its 10 layer PCB which allows more stable DDR5 frequency, and it allows higher speeds than competitors. it has never glitched once and is now in its 15th month of daily use. So easy to assemble with the chip, nvme and ram, a kid could do it. its been my most reliable build over asus z690 and evga z690 kingpin. Lot of Power that doesn't break the bank. considering buying a spare to support the 4 desktops i own using 12th, 13th and 14th generation Intel. Negative reviews are often due to assembly mistakes, mis handling, poor software and driver installations etc. Great Board

This is one fantastic motherboard! I loaded it with a 14th gen Intel i7 and 64K of high speed DDR5 memory and this baby rocks. It has tons of features and even looks great. I can’t say enough about it

Looks great and it was really a friendly build. I built 5 pc's for friends and family for Christmas and this was my favorite board in this price range. Wifi is robust and is rock solid. ARGB works well but I do have an issue with Armory Crate software. The software wants to license across the net but just hangs and has to be canceled. Did some research and this seems to happen with everyone. Sadly, that windows must be closed. Annoying but the software works, and I suspect they will fix it.

I am in the midst of building out a SFF over the next month or so for travel. After doing a lot of research I opted to go with this MSI Z790i Edge for price and performance as it supports 8000+ memory and I've been happy with previous MSI purchases. This will eventually all end up in a Hyte Revolt 3 case and 22" travel display.I picked this up from the Amazon warehouse which can be hit or miss and I'm glad to report this was a hit as it arrived brand new with all accessories. It just had some box damage.I am pairing this with a silicon lottery (SP115) Intel i9-13900ks and G.Skill M-die 6400 sticks (till i get some 8000+ rated A-die sticks). For now, the G.skill sticks overclock to 7200 tops.After a BIOS update (it shipped with its original 2022 BIOS), I was up and running. Installation was straight forward and it is a very attractive board. I'm a big fan of MSI's while Dragon logo. It is solidly built and easy to work with.Everything works as it should but be warned ITX boards by design are capped to ~300w and all Z790i series ITX boards use a version of 10+1 VRM layout.My i9-13900ks is very power hungry but since it is a good sample I was able to get it well under 300w total package power and even run it with an EVGA 280mm AIO and temps top out at 72-75 running CB23 scoring 41k full tilt (5.6/4.3).Only problem is the VRMs eventually overheat when doing a 30 min stress/stability test and the VRMs hit 95c+ then throttle down (along with your clocks from 5.6/4.3 to 3.2) to ~92-93c where your normal clock speeds return then slowly work back up to 95c and throttle again. Meanwhile the CPU is staying in the 70s no problem.I only subtracted one star for this because it is asking a lot of this little dynamo and in most scenarios the CPU would have overheated or never achieved full clocks anyhow due to bouncing off the 300w limit of the board. This is a select situation using a very special 13900KS that can run full tilt even on an AIO well under 300w and 70's for temps (no delid or anything, just using gelid extreme thermal compound).Another warning is this ITX board has a VRM / ports fan built in and at full ramp it is definitely audible. It isn't a deal breaker but something to take note of if you're looking for a quiet system at all times and push your system.If you want to run an i9 in a ITX board, stick with Z790/Z690 chipsets as those boards come with a 10+1 VRM design and it is already being pushed. The B660/B760 boards only use an 8+1 design.Solid 4/5