Review on 💻 MSI MEG B550 Unify-X Gaming Motherboard for AMD AM4 with DDR4, PCIe 4.0, SATA 6Gb/s, Dual M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, HDMI, Wi-Fi 6 AX, ATX, and Support for AMD Ryzen 5000 Series Processors by Kevin Young

Likes to overclock weird memory timings: Edit: Unify-x has the best heatsinks at the moment. Consumers typically find aluminum or composite heatsinks on their motherboards. I noticed that MSI was the first to put GRAPHITE in their boards, as far as I know it's only found in the B550 Unify-x. After removing the m.2 shield, I checked its thermal conductivity and applied the same technique to the remaining heatsinks. Of course, graphite can be found all over the board, which shows excellent heat dissipation. This is truly a board organized by a skilled craftsman. Excellent work. When my X570 Unify was giving everything it could, I doubled down on MSI and spent some of my remaining cash on the B550 Unify-X. Whether you're overclocking your gear or playing games all day, the B550 Unify-X has the endurance to run a marathon. I tested this mobo with Call of Duty: Warzone and noticed a significant increase in overall performance. With PBO 5800x, 5700xt enabled, GSkill Ripjaws V smoothly went from 150.2 FPS to 187.5 FPS. The B550 maintained a 4.85 gain over the 5800x 98% over a 16-hour Warzone workday. Mobo can easily manage advanced PBO and CPU settings, but we sacrifice 4.85 in-game acceleration during the process. Unify-X isn't picky either, it handles B-Die at 4000 and reduced my in-game lag to 11-15ms overall. The chipset stayed cold at 53* degrees. The heatsinks over the VRAM and backplate are excellent. They were cooled down to 43* and the dimmer slots never exceeded 31*. The PCIe slot stayed at 45* under OC and 31 in everyday. The B550 Unify-X's power supply offers a stable 2% deviation from user input. This may be due to the efficiency of my PSU as it is not platinum certified but gold certified by the Apevia 800w. Plus, it handles both Bronze and Gold Standard Apevia with ease. A hardware monitor is needed for chipset specs etc. The automatic settings are very precise and there is a lot of flexibility for abstract storage timings and surges. I managed to get 4700 off a B-Die, I'm interested to see where this chipset can take me, it seems to handle it all. The heatsinks over the Southbridge will get a little warm over time, but are easy to remove. Luckily you'll find that MSI also included two thermal pads with these heatsinks, I haven't seen other manufacturers include this in their products. While the X570 Unify is a beast, the B550 Unify-X proved more flexible with different overclock settings. In my experience, the X570 Godlike differs from Unify and Unify-X in terms of performance and price; However, MSI has managed to make performance affordable with the MEG Unify series. I'm also interested in how their Z-Gaming trio will complement their motherboards. Ok I have one, updates to follow. The future looks bright with MSI's ongoing projects. It looks like MSI motherboards will break records in the future. By far their strongest/available option