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MSI Z390 GAMING Border AC Motherboard Review

Today we have the opportunity to review 1 of the height-end and latest Gaming motherboard from MSI supporting Intel'southward latest 9th and 8th generation of processors , the MSI MAG Z390 GAMING EDGE AC motherboard. A feature packed motherboard for all you gamers and pc enthusiasts.

MSI MPG Z390 GAMING Edge Air conditioning is dainty looking motherboard which is full of sharp and salient lines reflecting gorgeous colors design, perfect balance between appearance and performance with Extended Heatsink Design, Core boost, Twin Turbo 1000.2, Front USB 3.1 Gen2 connector and Mystic Light

Now allow's come across what this MSI Z390 chipset gaming lath have for u.s..

Features

• Supports 9^th / eight^thursday Gen Intel^® Core™ / Pentium^® Gold / Celeron^® processors for LGA 1151 socket
• Supports DDR4 Memory, up to 4400(OC) MHz
• Lightning Fast Game experience: 2x TURBO M.2, Intel Optane Memory Ready. Turbo USB three.one GEN2
• Set Core Ability Complimentary: Extended Heatsink Design, Core Boost, eight+4 pivot CPU ability connector, Game Boost, DDR4 Heave
• MYSTIC LIGHT: 16.eight meg colors / 29 effects controlled in one click. MYSTIC Calorie-free EXTENSION supports both RGB and RAINBOW LED strip.
• Audio BOOST iv with NAHIMIC 3: Reward your ears with studio class sound quality for the well-nigh immersive gaming experience
• Dragon Center: A brand new software which integrates all MSI tools like GAME Fashion, VOICE Heave, Live UPDATE  with user friendly user interface.

Specifications

Package

Board comes packed in big Black colour theme box deeply. Looking at the front of the box, we come across MSI logo with motherboard model no. At the rear of the box, we detect that MSI goes into great particular on the specifications of the motherboard.

Inside the box

Abreast motherboard, box includes a user manual booklet, a DVD driver disc, quick installation guide, a product registration card and two SATA cables (one straight and i angled).

Looks

Lath is a solid build in the great looking black PCB with black and grayness colour theme running across all over the board. Motherboard also feature big heatsinks over VRM and Chipset

Layout

Detailed layout of lath.

1. LGA 1151 socket supporting Intel 9th and eighth generation processors

two. 4 DIMM Dual channel DDR4 memory slots supporting max. 64GB. Supports DDR4 4400(OC)/ 4300(OC)/ 4266(OC)/ 4200(OC)/ 4133(OC)/ 4000(OC)/ 3866(OC)/ 3733(OC)/ 3600(OC)/ 3466(OC)/ 3400(OC)/ 3333(OC)/ 3300(OC)/ 3200(OC)/ 3000(OC) / 2800(OC)/ 2666/ 2400/ 2133 MHz*

3. ATX Power connector (24-pivot EATXPWR)

4. 8-pin ATX 12V power connector and 4-pin ATX 12V ability connector.

5. Back Panel Connectors

half-dozen. 7. 15. i x CPU Fan connector, 1x 4-pivot Water Pump connector and five x System Fan Connectors with EZ Debug LED

8. USB 3.ane Gen2 Type-C port and 2 10 USB 3.one Gen1 connectors (supports boosted four USB iii.ane Gen1 ports)

nine. 6 x SATA 6Gb/s connectors

x. eleven. Front panel connector

12. ii x USB 2.0 Connectors

13. Serial ports connector

xiv. two x iv-pin RGB LED connectors, three-pin RAINBOW LED connector and 3-pin CORSAIR LED connector

16. Front console Sound connector.

17. 2x G.2 slots

xviii. Expansion Slots.

3 x PCIe three.0 x16 slots (back up x16/x4/x1 modes), 2 10 PCIe 3.0 x1 slots

Removing Heat-sinks

MSI used dense and big aluminum heatsink in this board. Heatsinks base is having thermal pad installed.

Component Layout

Let's at present come across what all components MSI have planned for this board.

1. ii. eight + 1stage CPU voltage regulator excursion uses pair of ON Semiconductor 4C024 and 4C029 MOSFETS with combined rating of 60A controlled past UPI Semiconductor uP9521P PWM Controller.

3. 2-Phase digital memory power supply section

iv. Intel® Wireless-AC 9462 carte du jour, supports 802.11 a/b/1000/n/ac, MU-MIMO Rx, 2.4GHz/ 5GHz up to 433 Mbps and Bluetooth® ii.1, 2.1+EDR, 3.0,iv.0, v

5. Intel GI219V Gigabit LAN controller

six. NUVOTON NCT6797D â€" Super I/O Chipset

7. MSI Sound Boost Audio technology is powered by Realtek ALC1220P chip which is a loftier-performance multi-channel High Definition Audio Codec that delivers an good audio listening experience with up to 95dB SNR.

A semi-transparent line on motherboard separates the whole audio section from the rest of the board in order to minimize interference. In addition MSI also used Chemi-Con audio capacitors.

RightMark Sound Analyzer (RMAA) suite is used for testing MSI High Definition sound against Asus Xonar U7 Sound bill of fare. You can run across conspicuously the difference between Dissonance level, dynamic rang and Total harmonic baloney percentage produced past MSI High Definition audio.

RMAA Asus Xonar U7

RMAA Audio Boost Sound

8. Intel Z390 Chipset

9. NUVOTON NUC126NE4AE microcontroller based on the Arm® Cortex®-M0 core operates at upward to 72 MHz. Seems to exist used for RBG LED control role

x. MSI uses Windbond 2SQ128FVSQ a capacity of 128 Mb for storing UEFI BIOS.

Testing

CPU	Intel Core i5 9600K
Lath	MSI Z390-GAMING Border Ac
RAM	2 Ten 8GB Corsair DDR4 3600Mhz
SSD	Corsair Force 240 SSD
Cooler	Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM
Case	MSI MPG GUNGNIR 100
GFX	MSI GTX 1070Ti Armor 8G
PSU	Cooler Main V75
Display	Acer S220HQL
OS	Windows x

BIOS

Bundled Software

Benchmarks

Overclocking

Power Consumption

Wattage reading every bit per displayed by APC Pro 1000VA (Model no. BR1000G-IN) UPS.

Pros

• Prissy big heatsinks
• Lot of Fan headers
• WiFi and Bluetooth onboard
• lot of RGB LED support
• Proficient Overclocking

Cons

• UEFI interface have every setting displayed in central pocket-sized area. Like unmarried windowed interface.

Determination

At a cost tag of Rs. 17K, the MSI MAG Z390 GAMING Edge AC motherboard is trivial bit expensive when compared with other MSI Z390 motherboards we reviewed recently. This broad performs similar to the lower priced MSI Z390 GAMING Plus, cost 3K actress with offering Intel® Wireless-Air conditioning 9462 WiFi and Bluetooth onboard. Overall MSI has done a overnice job with MSI MAG Z390 GAMING EDGE Air conditioning motherboard offering overnice collection of features for a skilful gaming build.

Manufacturers Info

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