The Ultimate AMD AM5 Motherboard Guide

Peter Donnell / 2 years ago

MSI MEG X670E ACE

This absolute beast of a motherboard dazzles with its black and gold design! But it’s not all just pretty aesthetics, as it’s packing a mighty 22+2+1 Duet Rail Power System with 90A power stages through an 8-layer PCB. Its flagship VRM design is built for some serious overclocking stability and for breaking performance world records. However, with Stacked Fin Array, Direct Touch VRM Heat-pipe, MOSFET Baseplate, 7W/mK thermal pads, double-sided M.2 Shield Frozr and Frozr AI software keeping all that hardware cool shouldn’t be an issue.

Of course, this motherboard also features PCIe Gen 5.0 support, with the advanced SMT (Surface Mount Technology) PCI-E slot and diminishing interference and electrical noise, and a reinforced heavy soldered design on all the x16 PCI slots and m.2 mounts. It features 1 x Gen 5 M.2, and 3 x Gen 4, as well as 6 SATA ports.

However, this PCI-Express card offers two extra M.2 slots with a smart fan cooling solution to increase your storage capacity at maximum speed and features an auto-detect function for the M.2 access and the M.2 temperature for easy checking.

Features

Supports AMD Ryzen™ 7000 Series Desktop Processors
Supports DDR5 Memory
Extreme Power Design: 22+2+1 phases power design with 90A Power Stage and dual CPU power connectors are ready to unleash the maximum performance.
Maximum 6 x M.2 Connectors: Onboard and exclusive M.2 XPANDER-Z GEN5 DUAL PCI-Express card offer totally sextuple M.2 connectors for maximum storage performance. The double-sided Shield Frozr design keeps M.2 SSDs safe while preventing throttling, making them run faster.
Outstanding Cooling Solution: Stacked Fin Array, Direct Touch VRM Heat-pipe, MOSFET Baseplate, 7W/mK thermal pads, double-sided M.2 Shield Frozr and Frozr AI software ensure the extreme performance with low temperature.
10G Super LAN with latest Wi-Fi 6E solution: Onboard 10Gbps LAN with the latest Wi-Fi 6E solution which supports 6GHz spectrum delivering the best online gaming experience.
Lightning Fast Game experience: PCIe 5.0 slots, Lightning Gen 5 x4 M.2, Front USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 20G with 60W USB Power Delivery.
DIY Friendly Design: Patent Magnetic M.2 Shield Frozr, Screwless M.2 Shield Frozr, EZ M.2 Clips, Smart Button, Pre-installed I/O Shield, Steel Armor
8 Layer PCB with 2oz Thickened Copper: Provides higher performance and long-lasting system stability without any compromise.
Audio Boost 5 HD: Ultimate audio solution with latest premium ALC4082 audio processor combining ESS audio DAC and amplifier deliver the breathtaking experience

I/O

The rear I/O looks decent enough, with a three-button system at the top, offering “smart button” Flash Bios, and Clear CMOS. There are three USB Type-C ports here too, along with a plethora of USB 2.3 Gen1 and Gen 2 ports, so you shouldn’t be short of connections if you have a lot of high-speed devices. Plus, with WiFi 6E and 10G LAN, networking is going to be lightning fast. Finally, there’s also Realtek® ALC4080 audio hardware with a 32-bit/384 kHz output to front and rear ports.