MSI MPG Z490 GAMING EDGE WIFI Intel Motherboard

Great motherboard, well packaged and includes all needed accessories.

Great motherboard. Easy to setup, feature rich. Well packaged and comes with plenty of accessories.

The MSI z490 Gaming Edge motherboard is a great value for money motherboard for only 200-ish quid with nothing much else I could ask for at this price point. ---Packaging--- The packaging which the motherboard is in is pretty standard. I had absolutely zero concerns with it and the motherboard somehow getting damaged during shipping. ---The VRM--- The VRM (Voltage regulation modules) is what powers your CPU. I've put in a 10700k into this and the VRM powers it easially and doesn't get hot. However, under stress there is coil whine but it isn't that noticable (especially with headphones). ---The motherboard--- The rest of the motherboard is actually really good too, there isn't many obvious things that I can complain about. It's pretty sturdy feeling. The IO on the back has plenty of USB ports. The built in IO shield is nice and I'm happy to see that they're starting to become more and more common. The debug LEDs were actually useful when I was overclocking my RAM and told me whenever I failed although the BIOS also would automatically revert to standard settings whenver an overclock failed. WIFI 6 + Bluetooth 5 preformance is also wonderful, no issues connecting with wireless earbuds or my WIFI network. Finally, the M.2 cooler is pretty hefty and probably cools my M.2 drive really well. ---Conclusion--- Overall, this motherboard is really good value for money. It's inclusion of WIFI 6 and not 5 and bluetooth sweetens the deal as well. Unless you really are an overclocking enthusiast that does need a stronger power delivery system to the CPU or require features which are only available on more expensive motherboards I don't really see a point in getting anything else.

Great Motherboard, highly recommended

This mobo is high quality. It is heavy because it has substantial heatsink including one for the NVME drive (although Gamers Nexus says that cooling NVME could have a negative effect). The Wifi built into the motherboard is good and has a very good reception, it also come with Bluetooth which comes in handy so you can connect a Xbox controller without the need of using a USB slot. You can control the onboard RGB lighting using the Dragon centre software and you can change your Fan arcs in the bios. There is also the ability to use addressable RGBs and be able to control them using the dragon centre. On the Board itself it has 2 "rainbowRGB" headers which allows you to plug in the addressable rgbs directly. there is also 2 Normal RGB headers on the board that can be used. All in all it is a very nice looking and functional with a lot of features that I don't understand. i would recommend this motherboard. The pic is it installed in my be quiet silent 800 case to show how big it is.

Great motherboard, super easy to put together on my new build, Greeeat WIFI, more USB ports than you will ever need. Recommended.

Really good quality motherboard, easy to put together, great integrated WIFI, more USB ports that you will ever need. A great fit for my new build.

First time I have built a computer in 20 years. MSI motherboard looks well built, has lots of connections for Fans, external USB 2.0, USB 3, 3.1 & 3.2 gen 2 external ports. Wifi 6 is brilliant and also Bluetooth has exceptional range. PCI slot is good and 2 x M.2 SSD slots and 4 x DDR4 slots to boot. The new Z490 chipset allows you to overclock the new 10th gen corei9 CPU in every detail, which will please the gamers out there. Even has Mystic lighting control... Powered it up and worked straight out of the box. Good value for money for a near top end motherboard, but at an affordable cost.

I upgraded from MSI Z77A-GD65 and intel i7 3770k to MSI MPG Z490 Gaming Edge Wifi and i5 10500. Old MSI motherboard served me fantastic for 8 years with no problems at all so I decided to buy MSI motherboard. It works great with RTX2060 in all new games in full HD and very high details. Msi motherboard have wifi so I can connect to my old tv via amazon firestick with no problem. Temperatures of CPU (37C in idle 49 gaming - room temperature 30C) and GPU (40C in idle 73C gaming - room temperature 30C). Intel XMC memory profile works without any problem on 3200MHz. I can easily recommend MSI MPG Z490 for gaming PC.