No Unify package would be complete without the MSI Tuning Controller. The compact remote puts real-time overclocking tweaks right at your fingertips, and also lets you monitor and diagnose your motherboard effortlessly using QCODEs.
MSI has yet to reveal official pricing or availability for the MEG X870E Unify-X Max. However, its recent announcement suggests eager enthusiasts won’t have to wait much longer for a full reveal of specifications and launch details. For context, MSI’s Intel-based MEG Z890 Unify-X currently retails at $699.99 —so it’s safe to expect the X870E Unify-X Max to land in a similar premium price bracket.
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vanadiel007 I think in today's market, these extreme versions offer very little overclocking extra's that boards half their price do not already offer. Reply
TechieTwo As history has shown with Asus mobos, having more knobs to turn does not equal more overclocking performance. As noted with the latest CPUs most of the oveclocking headroom is already used by std. OC modes. Sure you can get a bit more performance if you get everything figured out but IME there is zero tangible increase in performance over the basic OC settings – which only produce a minute increase over the default CPU settings. Paying obscene prices for many of these mobos is just a pipedream. Reply
ejolson While paying more for fewer memory sockets seems like marketing genius, in these days of memory shortage, I suspect most people would be willing to take the performance hit of running the RAM at slower speeds in exchange for the upgrade capacity of adding DIMMs later without throwing out the RAM purchased now. Reply
thestryker Glad to see these boards making their way back to AMD. While I couldn't justify the +40% price over what I got I'd have rather had the Unify-X due to high speed memory stability. I'm still hoping for some midrange 1DPC boards as this area is completely unserved unless you consider ITX as an acceptable tradeoff. Reply
-Fran- AMD needs a new chipset. Promontory21 is absurdly dated. Heck, it was already dated when AM5 debuted! I hope they introduce a proper new chipset that, at least, closes the gap with Intel. Intel has a far superior platform… And… nothing much else, lol. Still, better than AMDs by a good margin. Just update the uplink and downlink with more lanes and PCIe5. You can keep the daisy chain, as that is actually not a bad idea. Come on AMD. Do it. Regards. Reply
hotaru251 -Fran- said: Just update the uplink and downlink with more lanes and PCIe5 lanes are only real reason you buy TR. You'll likely not see consumer socket gain more lanes as that would negate the main appeal of TR lineup. Reply
thestryker hotaru251 said: lanes are only real reason you buy TR. You'll likely not see consumer socket gain more lanes as that would negate the main appeal of TR lineup. They're talking about CPU to chipset link lanes not CPU provided lanes (though I'm sure we'd all love more there). I'm fairly certain workstation parts from both AMD and Intel use the same CPU to chipset link (and same chipset) as their desktop counterparts. -Fran- said: Just update the uplink and downlink with more lanes and PCIe5. Unfortunately the Intel NVL leaks indicate a move to PCIe 5.0, but dropping down to 4 lanes and I can't imagine AMD providing more. I do think AMD needs to at least move to PCIe 5.0, and hopefully it happens on AM5. Reply
-Fran- hotaru251 said: lanes are only real reason you buy TR. You'll likely not see consumer socket gain more lanes as that would negate the main appeal of TR lineup. @thestryker basically replied on my behalf, as it was precisely what I meant. The lanes are already there from both Zen4 and Zen5 parts (not APUs though) to use PCIe5, but the chipset only supports PCIe4 or 3, I can't remember. Which is very pedestrian, plus only 4 links. Making the link 8x and PCIe5 would come a long way. That could imply changes to the I/O die to support the 8 links, but the socket and CPUs can. Regards. Reply
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