Msi Meg X570 Ace Memory Compatibility

Tom'southward Hardware Verdict

Moving a few features effectually gives MSI a distinctive design compared to its most closely-priced rival, only both boards perform splendidly. Buyers in this price class should choose theirs based on other criteria like connector placement, aesthetics, and brand preference.

Pros

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ii.5GbE plus Gigabit Ethernet plus WiFi six
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All three long PCIe and M.two slots are enabled simultaneously
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Superior DRAM overclocking data charge per unit
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PCH heatpipe may allow greater fan idle time

Cons

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Only 1 PCIe x1 slot can be used at a fourth dimension
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USB3 Gen2 front-panel header is on lesser edge
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Less bandwidth from overclocked DRAM compared to competitors

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Specifications and Design

Specifications and Blueprint

MSI'south Meg X570 Ace launched at $370 (and £360 in the Britain), just information technology'southward been tough to find in stock in the U.s. in these early days after the Ryzen 3000 launch. Only if you do manage to discover information technology in stock and snatch one up, you'll be rewarded with an overload of features, a large CPU voltage regulator, solid overclocking and a bunch of onboard RGB lighting and various cable headers.

MSI MEG X570 ACE Specs

Socket	AM4
Chipset	AMD X570
Form Factor	ATX
Voltage Regulator	xiv Phases
Video Ports	✗
USB Ports	10Gbps: (i) Type-C, (iii) Type A5Gb/south: (2) Type A; (ii) USB 2.0
Network Jacks	2.5GbE, Gigabit Ethernet, (2) Wi-Fi Antenna
Audio Jacks	(5) Analog, (1) Digital Out
Legacy Ports/Jacks	(i) PS/2
Other Ports/Jack	BIOS Flash, CLR_CMOS Buttons
PCIe x16	(3) v4.0 (x16/x0/x4, x8/x8/x4)
PCIe x8	✗
PCIe x4	✗
PCIe x1	(2) v4.0 [1-active (shared)]
CrossFire/SLI	3x / 2x
DIMM slots	(4) DDR4
M.ii slots	(1) PCIe 4.0 x4, (2) PCIe 4.0 x4 / SATA
U.ii Ports	✗
SATA Ports	(iv) 6Gb/southward
USB Headers	(1) v3.x Gen2, (two) v3.x Gen1, (2) v2.0,
Fan Headers	(7) iv-Pin
Legacy Interfaces	System (Beep-code) Speaker
Other Interfaces	FP-Audio, TPM, (2) ARGB LED, Corsair LED, RGB LED
Diagnostics Console	Numeric
Internal Push button/Switch	Power, Reset, OC / ✗
SATA Controllers	Integrated (0/1/ten)
Ethernet Controllers	RTL8125AG PCIe, WGI211AT PCIe
Wi-Fi / Bluetooth	Intel AX200 802.11ax (ii.4 Gb/s) / BT 5.0 Philharmonic
USB Controllers	✗
Hard disk drive Sound Codec	ALC1220
DDL/DTS Connect	✗
Warranty	3 Years

In a market where $300-plus has become the entry point for enthusiast-class products, MSI'southward One thousand thousand X570 Ace needs only outdo Gigabyte'south recently-reviewed X570 Aorus Principal by a mere $ten in value to score a victory--at least in the U.s.. Prices are flipped in U.K., where the MSI board is £xx cheaper than Gigabyte's entry. But when anybody is pushing the same basic hardware in slightly different packaging, how does a brand or board stand up apart?

The similarities between these early X570 boards are plentiful, from the triple 1000.2 slots to the 2.5GbE/Gigabit Ethernet combo, to the Intel WiFi 6 adapter and fifty-fifty the three metallic-reinforced x16-length PCIe iv.0 slots that, in both cases, automatically switch from x16/x0/x4 to x8/x8/x4 modes when a card is detected in the center slot. And while the MEG X570 Ace has only four SATA ports, its Gigabyte competitor only has four active SATA ports when its third Yard.2 slot is filled. Heck, both boards even take a pair of buttons on the I/O console to clear firmware settings and initiate wink mode.

The 1000000 X570 Ace has the aforementioned 4 USB3 Gen2 ports and two USB3 Gen1 ports on the I/O panel and the same selection of five analog audio jacks with i optical Southward/PDIF output equally its Gigabyte competition, merely the boards diverge in how they treat your legacy peripherals: MSI adds a PS/2 port to its pair of USB two.0 jacks, whereas Gigabyte offered four USB two.0 jacks. While people who practice everything including printing and scanning might adopt the extra USB, those with a legacy keyboard or mouse will likely adopt the PS/two, leaving us no style to differentiate value here.

The 14 chokes that surround the CPU socket pb to 14 60A MOSFETs, 12 of which feed the CPU cadre: While this is technically meliorate than the 50A MOSFETs on the competing board, we doubt users will actually be able to differentiate between the MEG X570 Ace's 720 possible amperes and its competitor's 600A. Those MOSFETs are cooled with a pair of machined-aluminum sinks rather than the competitor's stacked-fin design, simply using oversized electrical components assures that the voltage regulator volition always be at a lower percentage of its chapters.

Mayhap that's why MSI is also the first brand nosotros've seen to connect its PCH heatsink to the voltage regulator via a heat pipe: As the lowest component on the chain, the PCH should receive the all-time cooling and may not even need its fan if the board is oriented upright in a traditional tower case.

2 of the MEG X570 Ace'southward vii four-pin fan headers are institute on the bottom edge, with 1 of the two ARGB cable and front-console audio headers to the left, with two USB 2.0, USB3 Gen1, and USB3 Gen2 headers to the right. The second ARGB header is institute in the front corner of the lesser edge by jumping past the Power/Reset buttons and the OC button that tin select between eight Ryzen overclocking profiles.

Moving upwardly that front edge, we find a legacy beep-code speaker and Intel-style button/LED headers, a two-digit status lawmaking display, the previously mentioned four SATA ports, and the board's other USB3 Gen1 front-panel header.

Those USB3 ports on the lesser border are the toughest issues nosotros see with this layout, as both Gen1 and Gen2 cables are too stiff to tuck under the heatsink of a graphics card. Then once again, we wouldn't probable build with a third high-end card in the bottom x16-length slot, but would more likely put a storage adapter or NVMe drive there. And speaking of slots, this is where we find the board's terminal hurdle: Both of its PCIe 4.0 x1 slots share a single lane, so that only ane can exist used--compared to the Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master, which only has one PCIe iv.0 x1 slot. At least here you have x1 card placement options.

The MEG X570 Ace's box includes four SATA cables, an RGB LED splitter cable, Corsair RGB and ARGB extension cables, a Corsair RGB header to ARGB adapter cable, a 2T2R Wi-Fi antenna, M.two screws, user transmission and quick start guide, a sticker pack and a driver/awarding disc.

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Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.