Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsI really love this board
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2017
It had been a long time since I used MSI, but have to tell you, I really love this board. It's configuration and layout is excellent for an MATX board. It booted right out of the box with no issues on a 7820X with 32GB of Corsair LPX ram at 3000 XMP. I did install the latest BIOS. It is an extremely fast board that looks and feels of high quality. I am running in a fairly small Silverstone PS07 case with no heat issues. I am running at stock speeds with an AIO cooler and getting around 28 C degrees at idle once it warms up. After being a fanboy for a particular brand (Not MSI), I was pleasantly surprised at this board and it's capabilities. A couple of things to mention - if you are not running multiple video cards, there is no reason to power the PCIE connector on the board. I love how the USB 3.0 connector is horizontal - it just works better in smaller spaces. The only con I can think of is that with the board speaker installed, it does not beep when it posts. That is OK if you can see the post codes, but in my case, the PC case prevents me from seeing those. If there is an issue with posting, it certainly beeps with codes, but a normal post does not verify that it is posting ok per the beep codes. To me, this board is way more substantial than the other choice in the market right now. I would recommend this board for an X299 build in a MATX case.
