Review on MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk WiFi by Wiktor Uhlig ᠌

- High quality performance; - A large number of connectors, including the presence of an optical audio output; - Support for DDR5 with a frequency of up to 6400 MHz, which will come in handy for the future (similar strips have already begun to appear on sale); - Really cool audio codec ALC 4080, which is made on the USB bus, which reduces interference and improves its performance. The sound is really excellent, head and shoulders above that in the ALC 888. The case when you really don’t need and don’t want to turn the equalizer at all, because everything sounds right. The media library began to play in a new way, new details began to be heard even on . mp3, what can we say about lossless audio; - Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support available, antennas included. I checked, without antennas, it does not catch through the case. The presence of Wi-Fi support is fundamentally important for the future, since motherboard manufacturers are cunning and use an M.2 connector with a type E key for the wireless module, which is not on the same Torpedo model. And if you open a market with offers of Wi-Fi modules, then all modern modules come with M.2 type E. I accidentally found out about this in one of the reviews and personally checked the specifications of the boards, everything is true. That is, it will not be possible to save money now and take the same Torpedo in order to buy the same wireless module from Intel after a while: there will simply be nowhere to insert it. Or already take old and low-speed modules, which you don’t want to do; - Strict black design; - Cooling for M.2 SSD; - Metal-reinforced PCI Express 5.0 connector for a solid video card. - CPU cooling got up without problems, nothing interferes; - The external outputs are also of good quality, for example the audio to the front panel also has an excellent signal-to-noise ratio. A bunch of USB, including USB Type C on the front panel 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gb / s), on the back wall is already 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20 Gb / s); - There is a cutout for a couple of SATA connectors to make elegant cable management. Cool solution; - All software is included on a flash drive, but Windows 11 itself will install all the same software anyway.