discussion MSI God Tier itx AM5 Board (shock)

[Shadowarez]

looks like MSI is doing what asus cant since the Maximus Gene Boards (gave 99.9% to Tech Tubers) then claimed poor sales shocking.
MPG X870I EDGE TI WIFI this is all the info i have on it but thought if others wanted to get in a board that has 4 m.2 USB4 and is white by default keep a eye out i dont expect MSI to pull a Asus and allocate nearly 100% stock to Techtubers for OC competitions but in this Timeline nothing is Guaranteed to be normal im buying 2-3 day one before they decide 1-3 boards allocated to NA is normal.
Keeping thermals under control is important enough for PCs, but it becomes paramount when talking about more compact form factors like Mini-ITX. The brand-new MPG X870I EDGE TI WIFI motherboard for AMD Ryzen processors comes equipped with premium components and stellar build quality to handle even the most demanding hardware on shelves today.

It features an Extended Heatsink and Frozr Heatsink design (with an integrated fan) to quickly wick heat away from your core hardware and power delivery components. This eliminates any thermal throttling and allows the robust power delivery system (8+2+1 DRPS with 110A Smart Power Stages) to deliver clean, stable power to your parts.

The MPG X870I EDGE TI WIFI boasts the best-in-class wireless connectivity with support for full-speed Wi-Fi 7 as well as 5G LAN if you want to go wired. You’ll find support for the fastest PCIe 5.0 M.2 NVMe drives and the newest graphics cards with a Lightning Gen 5 PCIe slot and M.2 slot.

You can extend its capabilities with the included 5-in1 Xpander Card – allowing you to connect additional peripherals and storage without compromising on its size with the following ports and headers:

• 1 x PCIe 4.0 M.2 slot
• 2 x SATA
• 1 x USB Type-C 20Gbps
• 2 x USB 5Gbps ports
• 1 x JFP_2 header

 

[Caldezar]

I may be reading this wrong, but I see it has a single m.2 slot, plus another one available with a riser card. Am I missing something?

I like the included 5G ethernet. But half the advertised ports requiring an expansion card is a bummer. Such is the life of mitx though.

 

[Shadowarez]

far as i was aware this actually has 4x m.2 though the description makes it sound like that. they went the addin card route which isnt that bad it does work well on the Z790 Asus Strix board i have.

 

[Izerous]

far as i was aware this actually has 4x m.2 though the description makes it sound like that. they went the addin card route which isnt that bad it does work well on the Z790 Asus Strix board i have.

The X870E variant (larger board) has 4x m.2 slots, i highly doubt they have managed to get 4 to work on the X870I variant.

 

[Bond007]

some m.2 on the back of the board? I have seen it on other boards.

 

[Shadowarez]

hoping its not 1 onboard 1 on that 5in1 addon but we will see once they decide to release this thing this month i prey its not another sorry all techtubers get stock first, then scalpers, then ebay, then maybe consumers. if they managed to get 4 on this ill be impressed or if they make a x870m variant and not just relegate m-atx to B-A series boards only,

 

[CMetaphor]

Only seen a couple of ITX boards that had more than 2 M.2s. And if one isn't on the back... ya, its going to be on a daughterboard. 100%

 

[Shadowarez]

that'll be ok if its at least Gen 4 but they could get creative with placement.

 

[CMetaphor]

that'll be ok if its at least Gen 4 but they could get creative with placement.

If its 2 sharing the same space, probably a sandwich. Hopefully its a Vertical sandwich (aiming away from the mobo PCB like a GPU in a pcie slot) so that both get some fair cooling. Some makers (whom I won't name) have done things like sandwich hot components Underneath M.2 slots. Just straight up let the heat coming off one hot component soak into the one above it

 

[Shadowarez]

that wouldnt be ideal lol as itx isnt going to have the most real estate to add a fan for cooling like that unless you get real specific cases with exotic cooling implementations lol.