Review MSI MEG Z890 Ace motherboard review: Arrow Lake S, with lots of USB and M.2

[Admin]

MSI’s MEG Z890 Ace ($599.99) is a premium motherboard for Intel’s new Arrow Lake platform, with high-end looks and solid specifications, including Wi-Fi 7 and a 10 GbE LAN, Thunderbolt 4 ports, and five M.2 sockets (2x PCIe 5.0). It’s an iterative update, but one you’ll need if you want to use Intel’s latest CPUs.

MSI MEG Z890 Ace motherboard review: Arrow Lake S, with lots of USB and M.2 : Read more

 

[HideOut]

Finally a motherboard with all the premium features one can want or need. But What does this board cost? If its more than the top CPU (really more than an 7 series CPU) its overpriced.

 

[pixelpusher220]

Finally a motherboard with all the premium features one can want or need. But What does this board cost? If its more than the top CPU (really more than an 7 series CPU) its overpriced.

neighborhood of $700-725 it seems. Bad but not egregiously bad. (That may be my being beaten over the head with inflated prices too often though)

 

[USAFRet]

Finally a motherboard with all the premium features one can want or need. But What does this board cost? If its more than the top CPU (really more than an 7 series CPU) its overpriced.

"Priced at $599.99, the MSI MEG Z890 Ace is...."

Currently, $659 at Newegg
https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16813144673

 

[TheHerald]

Is it possible to test for higher memory speeds? Like 9000+?

I want this over the unify X but I'm afraid memory support will be lacking

 

[odin faster]

so far this is the best equiped Z890 board for under $650:
- 8 layear pcb
- dual bios
- debug lcd
- 10gbe nic
- 3 pcie slots with "normal" bifurcation
- 24 phase vrm (not 16+)
- 110A mosfets (not 90, 80 or 60)
- all buttons for operation
- all 10gbit+ usb on rear IO

You will not find another board in this price range with more feature set, not Hero, not Taichi, literally nothing.

The only disadvantage of this board it does not have second 10gbe port. Other than that its perfect.

So authors score of 4 of 5 is absolutely not fair.