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MSI Gaming Edge. Is it good?

Omikse
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I may have a chance to get a X570 MSI Gaming Edge board for 209 usd from a local Best Buy. So i just want to know what are the pros and cons of this board. Is it worth the price?

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not really, at $200 that board is pretty expensive for what it offers, there are better options for less.

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It is a terrible board in terms of VRM performance. Only good MSI X570 boards are the Tomahawk, Unify, Ace and Creation (Not including the mega expensive Godlike). 

 

 

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NO! This motherboard as the worst VRMs of the WHOLE X570 lineup! Please do yourself a favour and pass on that. And for that price you could buy the MSI X570 Tomahawk which is lightyears better. That price would have been acceptable at launch but it is just an abysmal motherboard. 

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It's definitely not worth the asking price. There's plenty of other options out there that are both better (particularly in the VRM department) and less expensive.

 

Better & cheaper B550 boards:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/qXBhP6/gigabyte-b550-aorus-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-b550-aorus-pro

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/JXBhP6/asus-rog-strix-b550-f-gaming-atx-am4-motherboard-rog-strix-b550-f-gaming

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/3Mxbt6/msi-mag-b550-tomahawk-atx-am4-motherboard-mag-b550-tomahawk

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/7gxbt6/msi-b550-a-pro-atx-am4-motherboard-b550-a-pro

(could've thrown in even the $110 B550M PRO-VDH)

 

Better & cheaper X570 boards:

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/whMTwP/asus-tuf-gaming-x570-plus-atx-am4-motherboard-tuf-gaming-x570-plus

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/nHxbt6/gigabyte-x570-aorus-elite-atx-am4-motherboard-x570-aorus-elite

https://pcpartpicker.com/product/McfFf7/asus-prime-x570-p-atx-am4-motherboard-prime-x570-p

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10 hours ago, Omikse said:

So i just want to know what are the pros and cons of this board. Is it worth the price?

terrible board with a 5 phase and 10 4C029N and 10 4C024N iirc. 

the board's @Mateyyy listed are a lot better. 

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Thanks for the advice guys. Passing on said board

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