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MSI MEG Z490 Unify

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Focused on VRM power and thermals, as well as a sleek and stealthy aesthetic, the MSI MEG Z490 Unify is shaping up to be a serious contender for the best value enthusiast board. With sixteen 90 A power stages from Intersil and active VRM cooling, no CPU is too power hungry for the Unify.

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for $299 this is beautiful mobo.
 
Looks like the upper M.2 can be routed using some switches to either the CPU or the PCH depending on the CPU used, But the image is too bad to look for the trace coming from the CPU. On gigabyte boards they just disabled the slot for future use. Regardless this socket is just too small for the motherboard to be proportional, just like a weak engine to a big powerfull car. very power hungry but weak and too small sized cpu and I would like too see tghe PCH gone the way of the dodo, that way there will be no need to worry about combining H410 with 10900K, the CPU would come with the PCH integrated and all the drama about hey there is a new chipset every year. I imagine socket 1700 would be a perfect fit for a board that size. I wouldnt pay 299$ for this unless it supported all the CPUs all the way until 1.4nm, which it cannot do obviously, DDR5 will obsolete everything overnight, just becomes outdated for no good reason. And I would be stuck with some Rocket lake power hog beastie for 10 years or worse. 10900F, that would not even have a dedicated M.2 slot.
 
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I just created my account to thank you. I've cancelled my order right now. It's sad how no one mentions it.
 
This motherboard has no support for igpu. This was not included in the review or in the conclusions.
Actually it is included in the review.
The list of ports on the rear make it quite clear, as do the pictures.
 
VRM, is unnecessary and a waste. The VRM is overkill and using the fan will not provide any benefits besides looking good for marketing.
 
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