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Review on ๐ŸŽฎ MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Edge Wifi ATX Motherboard - 10th Gen Intel Core, LGA 1200 Socket, DDR4, CrossFire Support, Dual M.2 Slots, USB 3.2 Gen 2, Wi-Fi 6, DisplayPort/HDMI, Mystic Light RGB by Kayla Moore

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Bit strange BIOS setup

I have never used MSI products before but decided to try this mobo after my ASUS board died last month. The board contained a USB drive with a driver installer that I couldn't get to work with a clean install of Win10, so I had to revert to my old Win10 SSD from the ASUS board as I didn't have the ethernet driver installed. After some trouble I got the old Win10 to work with the MSI board so I could download the latest drivers from the MSI website, boot into the new Win10 and install the drivers. I'm still not happy about the BIOS recognizing the iGP UHD 630 on my Comet Lake CPU but that's probably because I'm still using my old GTX 980 GPU as all bitcoin miners make it impossible to get a new GPU. Also, UEFI could not be used, probably due to the same issue. I guess I'll update the BIOS to see if MSI has any fixes for these issues. The MSI Control Center app is pretty much useless so I uninstalled it after checking it out. Overall the board works well with the 10th gen Comet Lake that I have. in the sale. If I manage to get an RTX 3080 GPU I will look into another build with this board and an 11th gen Rocket Lake processor and use this build for my business applications.

Pros
  • Worth the money
Cons
  • Quality