MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk - ZERO Bling, Solid Features!

AMD has delivered a winner in their latest Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU as it smashes the competition at gaming. That makes our search for the best AM5 motherboards a matter of urgency and today we are reviewing the MSI MAG X870 Tomahawk which is priced under £300 including VAT. Naturally the features include PCI Express Gen 5 and USB4 but MSI has also removed something that causes pain to a few of you, as this motherboard has no on-board RGB lighting whatsoever. Read more here: mhttps://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/leo-waldock/msi-mag-x870-tomahawk-review/

Buy for £280 from Scan here: https://www.scan.co.uk/products/msi-mag-x870-tomahawk-wifi-amd-x870-am5-ddr5-pcie-50-4x-m2-5g-wifi7-usb-40-usb-32-aplusc-a. KitGuru does NOT get a percentage of any sale or participate in any kind of affiliate program.

00:00 Start
00:49 The appearance and layout
02:38 Accessories
03:53 Board Features / VRMs / Rear IO / connectors
06:01 Test System hardware
07:58 BIOS
09:03 Geekbench 6 Multi Core
09:32 Geekbench 6 Single Core
09:52 Cinebench R23 Multi Core
10:10 CPU Power Consumption
10:32 3DMark CPU Profile
10:42 3DMark Time Spy
11:09 Far Cry 6
11:33 Avatar Frontiers of Pandora
11:59 Assassins Creed Mirage
12:15 Cyberpunk 2077
12:28 Total War Pharaoh
12:44 Leo's Closing thoughts

Pros:

Impressive value for money.
Good DIY features for installing PCIe and M.2 hardware.
5Gbit Ethernet and WiFi 7.
VRM is plenty strong enough for your Zen 4 or Zen 5 CPU.

Cons:

Fourth M.2 slot is effectively only for show.
A Power micro button would be nice.

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