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25 de febrero de 2026
Very good board with great upgrade potential
[Skip to Pro-Con section if you don't feel like reading this]A really good value board in the world of today. If you want to start with a "budget" system and upgrade as time goes on, this is a WONDERFUL board for that. Started with an i5-12600KF and plan on upgrading to 14th gen Intel when prices cool off. It's pretty easy to install, everything came as advertised, and there were no issues or unexpected things, at least to the eye of a new PC builder in summer '25. Seems barebones, but comes with some neat features, especially in regard to the onboard sound, M.2 heatsink, and reinforced PCIe x16 slot. Like seriously, maybe it's just me, but the back audio jack for the on-board sound (the green one) sounds like... really good. MSI BIOS also seems pretty stable in regard to RAM overclocking, but maybe that's more software design, who knows...Pros:- Four DIMM slots for RAM. Hey, to me, I thought this was neat. Guess with DDR5 motherboards two slots is more common (?) but DDR4 seems to have all 4 DIMMs available.- A heatsink for one of your M.2 drives. Didn't expect a board of this spec to come with one. Great for PCIe Gen 4 speed drives that get really hot (I'm looking at you, Sabrent...).- Surprisingly good onboard sound... Like, super surprised. You won't need any PCIe SoundBlaster card or anything if you just use the back jack, the sound "core" or whatever they call it on the board seems to have some kick to it!- USB 3 support. Not a super big thing in modern day, but to me it was sweet. Good stuff!Neutral:- PCIe Gen 4 speeds. Not really an issue, given most hardware won't really even take advantage of PCIe gen 5 speeds nowadays, but if you have a 5070 Ti or higher and really want to get your money's worth, keep this in mind.Cons:- Lack of screw specification. For the smaller screws, they look REALLY similar. If you're not careful and use the ones with the slightly taller heads, you"ll cross-thread it in and get em stuck. Glad about the upgrade potential cause that motherboard is like permanently part of the case now, lol...Ver másVer menos
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