MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Force Motherboard Pictured

btarunr · Jan 20, 2021

Here's the first picture of the MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Force, an interesting new product from MSI slotted in its upper-mid tier MPG line of motherboards. This Socket LGA1200 motherboard based on the Intel Z590 chipset is characterized by a Hip Hop design language that's a break away from the company's other MPG Z590 motherboards, with a dash of neon-noir colors. A pair solid ridged heatsinks cool the board's 16-phase CPU VRM. Another set of three heatsinks cover its three M.2 NVMe slots, one of which is PCIe Gen 4 and wired to the LGA1200 socket, and the other two to the Z590 PCH.

Expansion slots on the MPG Z590 Gaming Force include two PCI-Express 4.0 x16 (x8/x8 with both populated), an x16 (electrical PCI-Express 3.0 x4) slot that's wired to the PCH, and a pair of x1 slots. The rest of the board's feature set appears to roughly match the MPG Z590 Gaming Carbon, including a 6-pin PCIe power input to supplement the two 8-pin EPS and 24-pin ATX power inputs, POST debug readout, a fairly premium onboard audio solution, and other connectivity that possibly includes 2.5 GbE.

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Gmr_Chick · Jan 20, 2021

I think I just puked in my mouth a little bit (where's the pukey smiley when I need it?!)

Ah well, I'll just use this :fear:

little guy to show what I think of this abomination of a motherboard :fear:

Also, who dafuq approved this color scheme?! I'm itching to :nutkick:

this person.

INSTG8R · Jan 20, 2021

That is pretty damn hideous...

s3thra · Jan 20, 2021

I kinda like it. Maybe it’s could do with less of the yellow accents, but I do like the purple.

kayjay010101 · Jan 20, 2021

"is characterized by a Hip Hop design language"
Exactly what part has any resemblance of hip hop? It looks more electronic (duh)/house if it has to be compared to a music genre.

thegnome · Jan 20, 2021

Good lord jesus... Might be a much better option just to take the Carbon or that SKU under this one...

Axaion · Jan 20, 2021

Colors kinda suck, but at least its not filled with RGB and huge flat plates that just traps heat.

Make it grey or something, remove the force force force force force force force force text, and it would be much better

sutyi · Jan 20, 2021

FORCE FORCE
FORCE
FORCE FORCE

or...

FORGE FORGE
FORGE
FORGE FORGE

?

You choose what inscription you read and is printed 5 too many times on the product!

Tsukiyomi91 · Jan 20, 2021

that is one ugly motherboard. Ew.

Turmania · Jan 20, 2021

MSI going purple, Biostar making awesome new motherboards, and here we wished 2021 would be a great year after 2020.... world has gone even more mad.

AusWolf · Jan 20, 2021

Finally a board that is not all black and white. I personally think this design looks terrible, but kudos for the effort.

sutyi said:
FORCE FORCE
FORCE
FORCE FORCE

or...

FORGE FORGE
FORGE
FORGE FORGE

?

You choose what inscription you read and is printed 5 too many times on the product!

If that's not enough, you've also got "m.2 shield frozr" 6 times and "m.2 lightning gen 4" 2.5 times on it.

Sybaris_Caesar · Jan 20, 2021

Cool pattern looking from afar. But MSI should really ditcg that stupid circular dragon thingy. I can't now even starnd their GPUs cause the stupid dragon is printed on th fans.

ZoneDymo · Jan 20, 2021

guess im one of the few who kinda likes it, very 80s looking

wolar · Jan 20, 2021

I kinda like it as well, with biostar going all sleek(they had some crazy color combinations) we don't have the wild, crazy motherboard uncle anymore.

AusWolf · Jan 20, 2021

ZoneDymo said:
guess im one of the few who kinda likes it, very 80s looking

I like the 80s look too, I just think MSi overdid it with this motherboard.

dyonoctis · Jan 20, 2021

an ex Soltek employee is working at Msi ?

I didn't have a DIY PC back then, but that board reminds me of the eccentricity of computer hardware in the 90's early 2000. That might just be nostalgia, but I found that they had a certain charm.

(It's interesting to see the parallels that can be made between computers and cars. Old and low-end cars and got a crude engine, with bare metal, and wires everywhere. But just show the engine of a modern Mercedes AMG to someone clueless about cars, and he will understand that's it's a tier above because the motor just looks nicer and tidier. Nobody is expected to stare at an engine all day long, yet they still bother to make them looks great. Motherboards seems to follow the same path. Even the way that the electronics components are soldered seems more "organized" nowadays.
(and that's even taking into account all the luxury, overpriced Halo hardware)

Caring1 · Jan 20, 2021

All that clear crap printed all over it, then there's the barely legible Core Boost and DDR4 Boost.

INSTG8R · Jan 20, 2021

ZoneDymo said:
guess im one of the few who kinda likes it, very 80s looking

Yeah kinda DFI but badly executed...

piloponth · Jan 20, 2021

Actually, that VRM radiator looks very good from the technical point of view.

Dr_b_ · Jan 20, 2021

Can't use this, not interested, was looking for a board with "FORCE" printed 6 times, not 5, and lit up with RGB, each FORCE with a different color. Oh well.

lexluthermiester · Jan 20, 2021

btarunr said:
Here's the first picture of the MSI MPG Z590 Gaming Force

That's kinda cool looking.

sutyi said:
FORCE FORCE
FORCE
FORCE FORCE

or...

FORGE FORGE
FORGE
FORGE FORGE

?

You choose what inscription you read and is printed 5 too many times on the product!

Agreed, it doesn't really need all the "Force"..

AusWolf · Jan 20, 2021

Dr_b_ said:
Can't use this, not interested, was looking for a board with "FORCE" printed 6 times, not 5, and lit up with RGB, each FORCE with a different color. Oh well.

I don't need the Force to light up. I'm okay with the dark side. :pimp:

But having it only 5 times is really unacceptable.

Edit: Oh wait, there is a 6th one above the "m.2 shield frozr" thingy. :laugh:

Edit 2: It's pretty weird how MSi managed to get everyone talk about the design, and not about technical details, like the 6 pin PCI-e power connector below the PCI-e slots.

Solid State Soul ( SSS ) · Jan 20, 2021

Its just a Z590 carbon gaming with different colors

jaggerwild · Jan 21, 2021

sutyi said:
FORCE FORCE
FORCE
FORCE FORCE

or...

FORGE FORGE
FORGE
FORGE FORGE

?

You choose what inscription you read and is printed 5 too many times on the product!

Actually its 6 times, but who's counting...

Jawz · Jan 21, 2021

jaggerwild said:
Actually its 6 times, but who's counting...

Found a 7th near the battery

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