Review on MSI MEG X570 ACE Motherboard - AMD AM4, DDR4, PCIe 4.0, SATA 6Gb/s, M.2, USB 3.2 Gen 2, AX Wi-Fi 6, 2.5G LAN, ATX by Ryan Hadden

This rating is for the MSI Review Rebate Program. A review is required to receive discounts on the products listed above. Update 07/24/2019: I've had this for 10 days now. In fact, I ran into a number of issues during that time. One of the problems I had was that my windows task manager didn't show any information about my RAM. I think I figured out what the problem is. Anyone who buys this motherboard now does not install Windows 10 Version 1903! Install 1809 or earlier. It looks like many programs/drivers are now crashing with the new version. After installing 1809 most of the problems I had were solved. I need to test it a bit more, but for now my first advice on this is to use a version 1809 board. Also, I would recommend downloading Dragon Center first and using their "Live Update" to update the drivers, and for the rest, go to the MSI website. I'm pretty sure it could have been done better, but in my experience this has been my preferred method. Old rating from 07/13/2019 -------------------- ----------------------- - I bought it to pair with the 3900X. I compared it to several other boards in a similar price range and chose this one as it has all the features I wanted and I like the gold and black. The only downside that came to my mind before buying it is that it has 4 SATA ports, that's enough for me. I received the goods 2 days after ordering. I put my new system together as soon as I got it and here's what I'm thinking at the moment. I also like the RGB on the I/O cover. Installation: I had to download all updates, drivers and utilities from the MSI website as my build does not have an optical driver. It wasn't that hard, but some programs seemed to be stuck against each other. I couldn't get the Dragon Center to work in the first attempts. Now it works without installing other drivers or utilities. I'm not sure what's causing this, but I'm sure MSI will fix it soon. Maybe it would be easier if I used the CD that came with it, and I'll try to do that pretty soon. works very well so far. Basically, everything in my system performs better than average when running it in userbenchmark's "Extreme Performance" mode. In general I like it so far. It has almost all the features you want and the BIOS is easy to use. Happy with the board and hope to use it for a long time. Update: I tried the CD that came with it and it works great now. Even if some drivers are not up-to-date, I would recommend installing the supplied CD from July 13th, 2019.