MSI MEG X570S ACE MAX Gaming Motherboard (ATX, AMD, Socket AM4. DDR4, PCIe 4, CFX, M.2 Slots, Wi-Fi 6E)

I love this motherboard but I paid a hefty price for it but it is well worth it. My x570 tomahawk motherboard failed on me after a year so I ended up purchasing this one. I can fit a lot of nvme storage here there is like 4 m2 slots And for some reason has 3 x16 pcie 4.0 slots and 1 pcie 4.0 x1 slot. The wireless 6e snd bluetooth 5.w and so is the audio in this motherboard it's great. Lots of USB ports and has a 16 plus 2 power design with 90a smart power. Memory supports up to 5300mhz plus overclocked with dual channel. Don't see a reason to get ddr5 yet. Especially since it's so expensive. And there is no amd board for it yet. Otherwise great motherboard and easy install didn't come with motherboard screws to put in the case so might wanna buy some when you purchase this wish it. The problem with the m2 slots is that one of them is literally under where one of the gpus is so you might need to change slots with your gpu. Which ain't a problem because you have 3 x16 slots lol gives you room. Can't imagine running sli and all your nvme slots are blocked... plus the m.2 slots shields are annoying to unscrew and put it back in might remove them as they are quite annoying. Anyways I love this motherboard and strongly recommend it especially since it is cpu amd 5000 supported out of the box so glad I didn't have to bio flash it..

Built a gaming pc for my 8-year old son. Our first build, ever! Love this motherboard! It was super easy to install everything. Fit and finish was perfect on everything. Looking at builds it seems most folks just throw RGB fans wherever a fan can be placed. I wanted something different, but still wanted some RGB for bling. This motherboard didn't disappoint, I love the MSI dragon logo at the top left of the motherboard. When combined with the RGB on my memory, graphics card, and AIO cooler it was just enough. Setup after build was super easy also. Everything fired right up the first try and it took about an hour max to install all drivers, windows 10, etc. It been used daily for 2-3 weeks now and not one problem. It works flawlessly! Not sure how to compare this to others since this was my first build and only individual motherboard purchase. That said, I couldn't be happier with the ease of installation, build quality, performance, and overall appearance. Highly recommend MSI and this motherboard!

Pros: Has alot of Features wifi 6E is really nice how intgrated into the board very well design it has 4M.2 slots which is really nice it has 2RGB header which is very simple hook up acording to the location on the board its a wonderful motherboard and the best one out there have seen its comes with alot of accessories very impressed big vram 2 8 pin esp connector for cpu usb type c connector Cons: Memory Clock Speed 3200 GHz increase it to 5300 GHZ or higher Overall Review: yes would recommand it undecided due to memory clock speed would add 4 RAINBOW RGB connector would add 2 JUSB1 one of them where is it and one at the bottom of board get rid of ]CORSAIR1 and add a JRAINBOW in its place 2 more ush connectors total of 4

I got this as a replacement for my x570 Taichi, which is a comparable board. I've had the ACE MAX x570S for a few months now and I absolutely love it. The chipset is passively cooled which makes it quite quiet yet it stays at comfortably low temps. This board has 4 m.2 slots and comes with MSI's eXpander, a PCIe adapter for an additional 2 m.2 drives. It also has a BIOS which is SUCH an improvement over the Asrock Taichi's BIOS. Yes, I know; this is a previous generation mobo. Still, if you're not ready for DDR5 and all the other next gen parts, this is an awesome board. It makes a great home for my 5900x, my 4 m.2 drives and all the other premium parts I stuff into my case. I highly recommend this motherboard.

Great motherboard plenty of m.2 storage space was a little exspensive

Definitely a step up from my B550 with more NVM slots...This did thr job and more! -Setup Definitely takes patience when swapping out motherboards from a previous build! Used stickers to label cables that were hooked up to my previous MB. Mainly fan cables but it really doesn't matter as they will be picked up when booting. Be sure to install RAM, CPU, and SSDs before putting into case. Everything else was pretty simple as far as fans, USB, sensors, etc. Only needed to move my AIO radiator out the way to put the new MB in and boot up. I have 4 SSDs for each slot and one hooked up to the SATA port. Already had windows 11 installed so it booted up fine. The drivers are a small pain but between msi's website and dragon center...everything installed fine. One of my SSDs wasn't being picked up by thr BIOS but after an update from dragon center, it works fine. -Use As I am a gamer and composer...this was a noticeable upgrade from the B550 pro. The passive cooling on thr chips etc keeps everything cool and running 9 fans helps with airflow. The wifi is great but I disabled it from the BIOS for the 1X slot to run my aftermarket sound card. I went with an external wifi adapter which when plugged into the USB 3.2 worked even better than before. So far this has worked like a dream and with the extra NVM slots...I don't have to worry about space or using a SSD hooked up to a SATA port -Pros Easy install 4 NVM slots USB 3.2 A and C...plenty of slots...didn't need my hub anymore Reads my corsair accessories better (light bars, mouse, keyboard, etc -Cons Setting up drivers can be a hassle Fan pins are a little further away

I originally purchased an Asus ROG Strixx x570-e Gaming Wifi II. You can see my review on that board. This by far has the best features and best settings of any board I've ever used. Let me say msi's handling of RGB is awesome. The fact that this is the only board that turns all the lights off in sleep mode is amazing. And yes that's including the memory RGB. The Wi-Fi chip is the Intel ax210 which is lightning fast. Setup was a breeze. If you want an x570 motherboard with Wi-Fi 6E this is the one to get. I really can't say enough about this board.

TLDR; overkill board, tech support won't respond to question and keeps closing my support ticket with no response Okay, this review is one that I had to think about. On one hand the product functions so far. On the other the support is terrible. I replaced my Asus board that came with a bad PCI-e slot and got this MSI board. The product works okay. There is no way to have the pc wake from sleep via usb AND have it not deliver power when off to usb, I don't want the LED's on while I sleep so I have to wake the computer with power button. I also cannot turn off the led of the button on the board which is annoying. The post codes are nice, the debug leds are nice. I like having the reset cmos button and bios button. The board looks nice and comes with 2.5 gig networking. The bios is less intuitive than I'd like. It doesn't detect PWM fans automatically and the stock fan curve is LOUD when my cpu is at like 30 degrees. All fixable issues but requires knowledge. The manual is pretty good and certainly has more documentation than the ASUS board did but lack some finer detail, like pictures of nvme drive sizes along with the technical name of the size. As with all of the motherboard software MSI center is a piece of buggy garbage that barely functions. The final nail in the coffin of this board is that MSU support will not respond to tickets. I opened a ticket about a technical question. I wanted to know what the post code leds were doing while in windows. They are reading some kind of temperature but it isn't the cpu temp or gpu temp. I read the manual and looked on google and couldn't find an answer. No way to change it in the bios. I contacted customer support to ask. They closed the case the next day with no reply. I opened it again and again they closed it. In total they have now closed it 4 times with 0 replies. This essentially means that there is 0 support as well as 0 warranty. I would not recommend this board to anyone other than the highest overclockers using ln2, who already are going to void the warranty. the CPUs do not need 2 8 pin. You do not need this robust of vrms. The average person will be better off on b550. So far I have yet to get support from a motherboard manufacturer where I have actually been able to talk to a human. If you buy a motherboard plz test all of its features for defects and return it in the return window so you do not have to deal with bad support.