MSIMag Z690 Tomahawk Wifi DDR4 ATX Motherboard, LGA 1700 Socket, Intel Z690 Chipset, 128GB DDR4 Memory, 2.5G LAN, Wifi 6 Module, 4 DIMM Slots, PCI-E X16, M.2 Slot

Its very nice and good priceThank you

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Bought it on prime day sale. Unmatched price and quality is excellent.

this motherboard was ordered to replace a 3 year old z390 motherboard that was shorting out the entire pc, 3 days with no help or sign of hope. no error messages, not a single trace to what problem could be.in comes this beast of a motherboard, installed every single component and powered it on. low and behold:USB device Over Current error pops up on the screen, turns out my fan controller was faulty after all these years and it was causing the PSU to shutdown itself in protection looping endlessly.would have never guessed that was the case if it wasn't for this insane motherboard and all the bells and whistles this thing has.this motherboard easily slays all brands I have tried in the past, amazing VRM thermals and power efficiency. the preloaded overclocking profiles called "core boost" is also a huge feature that is a huge +1.would pick MSI any day over any other again in the future.

It's been a long time since I've used an MSI board, and they've come on a long way. I originally had a Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Pro DDR4, but it had horrendous coil whine so had to go back. Next, I had an MSI Z690 Edge DDR4, but one of the m.2 mounts wasn't fastened to the board so it also had to go back. Third time was the charm with this one!The board is somewhat no-frills and has no RGB making for a clean look. MSI build quality isn’t as good as Gigabyte or Asus. There’s also sticky residue on the back of both MSI Z690 boards I used, and a little on the front. The UEFI is a bit cluttered and ugly, but functionally it’s exceptional. It is mostly clear and very well featured. A little more effort in usability would make it the equal of an Asus ROG board. That said the control is there, and it seems to work as described which you don’t always get.Despite using the launch UEFI version, stability is perfect and compatibility with DDR4 is outstanding. I have 128GB DDR4 3600 C18, SK Hynix RAM. This is a very heavy load for any system, and this is the first board I’ve ever had where I can set the XMP setting, and it just works with stability. 72 hours of different stress tests could not shake the stability, outstanding! The Gigabyte Aorus Pro on the other hand managed 5 minutes as a comparison.I would recommend also considering the Edge which is a little more money. On the surface the difference is only an extra 5A per phase, and some RGB. However, much to my chagrin there’s more to it. 2 of the USB 3 ports go from 5gbit, to 10gbit with the Edge. On the Tomahawk one of the m.2 slots is PCIe 3.0 x4, this is upgraded to 4.0 x4 on the Edge. Additionally, the lower PCIe 4.0 16x slot is only 1x on the Tomahawk, but 4x on the Edge. This is a shame since I have a 10gbit NIC that can only go in the lower slot, so I can’t max out the NIC anymore. On the other hand, all SATA ports are connected to the Z690 chipset on the Tomahawk, whereas 2 are using an extra SATA controller on the Edge. If you’re using RST this will impact the maximum number of drives you can have in RST RAID.Inside of a case I haven’t heard any coil whine so far. Outside the case in open bench there’s a very small amount. I don’t overclock, so I can’t comment for power delivery in practice but based on the ICs in use, the VRM is basically overkill for anything short of liquid nitrogen.Fan control is excellent, you can control the fan curves from within the UEFI so no need for any intrusive utilities. You can set individual points, and they can be arbitrarily moved. You can also set fan ramp up and down times. This is in stark contrast to Gigabyte where the final point on the curve must be 100%, even if that is added noise for no extra performance.I can only recommend this board if you’re after something mid-range on the Z690. It’s staggering that this kind of cost is mid-range now, but you do get a lot for your money.

Bought this for a new build an paired it with a 12600K and 32GB of 3600mhz DDR4.Comes with the basic, SATA cables, WiFi antenna, manual, plus stickers. The drivers though come on a USB stick so no need to dig out an external DVD drive if needed.Everything is well laid out and labelled on the board and in the manual, making installation and setup easy.The VRM and M.2 heatsinks are of good quality and not overly large while providing good cooling.M.2 drives are easy to install, just remember the heatsink screws are not captive.I would advise if you are using an older Graphics Card, like my GTX 1070,you may need to update the cards firmware for support for the new HDMI or Display Port versions.If you do not then you will need to use the integrated GPU, on the CPU, to get to the BIOS and install the OS. Once the OS is installed your card will work but no video during POST.Overall an excellent motherboard that gives you all the features you need at a reasonable price while looking good.

I bought this because it is of the more cost effective Z690 motherboards for the Intel core i5 12600K 12th generation CPU. A well equipped motherboard,along with great support with the manual and online MSI videos.I would class this more of a high-end/mid-range motherboards with a great price tag on Amazon, but always best to search all suppliers in your region.I added Corsair CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18 VENGEANCE LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 DRAM, that can be overclocked up to 5200 MHz, along with WD_BLACK SN850 1TB NVMe Internal Gaming SSD,For cooling I added the MSI MAG CORELIQUID C240 Liquid CPU Cooler (I bought it from Amazon because they seemed to be the only retailer with the LGA 1700 bracket.The build took me about 4 hrs, a few tweaks to the bios, a few stressful moments, but very happy with how quiet the build is,all built into the MSI MAG Series Mid-Tower Gaming PC Case. complete system cost me just under £1000 excluding the GPU (Already owned).A very fast PC at a budget price.

A very good motherboard compared to others in it's price bracket at the time of buying.Firstly I was actually impressed with how much easier it was to build with compared to my last build (was an mATX build.)In terms of the build:Everything about the board feels quality and actually surprised me when building how smoothly everything went. Lots of fan headers and they are really well placed for my build. I was happy with basically all the headers placements and found this far easier to build with than my previous builds.I would've preferred to see more SATA ports horizontal (only 2 out of the 6) as I have multiple drives, and same for the USB 3.0, USB 3.2 Gen 2 port and 24pin cable. But they work completely fine and don't make the system look too cluttered so I can't complain too much.Using the motherboard, pretty happy with the amount of USBs on the back, would've been nice to have thunderbolt, but settling for a 20Gbps is fine.WiFi and LAN work well, but I'd highly recommend downloading the drivers before as these didn't work for me when first booting the system. I had to plug in my phone to tether my WiFi from there to get myself setup. But once the drivers were installed, I haven't had any issues.BIOS is like every other MSI BIOS I've used in the last 5/6 years, very simple once you know your way around, XMP worked flawlessly first time and doing a bit of overclocking my 12900k has worked, but I haven't pushed too much.Aesthetically, very happy to see a blacked out board, as I'm not really one for RGB madness. One thing to note is that the edges of the motherboard have a yellow trim, same as the line separating the audio capacitors and header. I'm not massive on this, as I would've preferred it to be black/grey, but it's subtle enough to not be a major issue. Something that isn't included in the photos that might be of interest for some is stickers for the VRM and heatsinks.Cooling I haven't had any issue with, VRMs stay cool but that's probably helped by my Noctua NH-D15, which was simple to install. (Although if build with a giant air cooler and you have a modular power supply, I'd recommend installing the CPU power 2x8pins cables first before putting into the case as this was a real pain.)Overall TL;DRExactly what you expect from a Z690 motherboard. Good placement of ports. Good amount of USBs, great amount of fan headers. Download network & WiFi drivers before.

Bought it with a 13600K intel cpu. Installation was fairly easy, there is an option to flash the BIOS from a pendrive (make sure to check this before you buy, not every motherboard has this feature). There is an abundance of USB ports, front and back, tons of slots for m2 drives, connectors for led lights, SATA devices, etc. It has been a very reliable motherboard so far, definitely prefer it over my previous x570 aorus master (which died on my after a year btw and had constant issues with the devices connected via usb ports). I will definitely amend this review if anything negative happens over the upcoming months. But as I said, very satisfied with my purchase so far.