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Hardware Review Roundup – 4/20/21

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CPUs: Intel Core i5-11600K @ PCTestBench, Intel Core i9-11900K @ PCTestBench, Intel Core i9-11900K @ ThinkComputers,  Intel Core i5-11400F @ Guru3D, Intel Core i5-11600K @ Hexus

GPUs: XFX Radeon RX 6700 XT Speedster MERC 319 Black @ TweakTown, PowerColor Red Devil Ultimate Radeon RX 6900 XT @ HotHardware, Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT Gaming OC @ Guru3D, Colorful iGame GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Vulcan OC-V @ HotHardware, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Roundup @ TweakTown, ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6700 XT @ TweakTown, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 GAMING OC @ The PFS Review

Memory: Team Group Xtreem ARGB White DDR4 @ PCTestBench, Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL 3600 MHz 32GB @ Guru3D, Neo Forza MARS RGB 64GB 3200MHz DDR4 @ [M]adShrimps, Neo Forza FAYE 64GB DDR4 3200MHz CL16 Kit @ NikKTech, Patriot Viper Steel 64GB DDR4 3600MHz CL18 Kit @ NikKTech, Thermaltake TOUGHRAM XG RGB DDR-3600 MHz CL18 @ TechPowerUp, XPG Spectrix D50 DDR4-3600 @ APH Networks

Storage: Samsung 980 500GB NVMe SSD @ TweakTown, Sabrent Rocket Pro 2TB USB 3.2 Gen 2 Portable SSD @ NikKTech, Lexar NM620 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD @ NikKTech, Patriot Memory Viper VP4100 PCI-E m.2 Gen 4×4 1TB SSD @ [M]adShrimps, Lexar NM620 1 TB @ TechPowerUp, Team Group T-Create Expert 2 TB @ TechPowerUp

KBM: Corsair K70 RGB TKL @ Guru3D, Corsair Sabre RGB Pro FPS/MOBA @ [M]adShrimps, Corsair K70 RGB TKL Champion Series @ TweakTown, Corsair K55 RGB Pro XT @ [M]adShrimps,Corsair K55 RGB PRO XT @ Guru3D, G.SKILL KM360 @ TechPowerUp

Audio: HyperX Cloud II Wireless 7.1 Gaming Headset @ TweakTown, Patriot Memory Viper V380 Gaming Headset @ [M]adShrimps, MSI Immerse GH61 Gaming Headset @ TweakTown

Cooling: Enermax Aquafusion 360 LCS @ Guru3D, be quiet! Silent Loop 2 @ Guru3D

MSI MPG Z590 GAMING CARBON WIFI – PC Gamer

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The Gaming Carbon packs in a 16-phase VRM with 75a power stages. There are an additional 1+1 for the system agent and IGP too. Dual 8-pin power connectors mean this board will handle any kind of overclock you want to throw at it. Your cooling will give out long before the board itself hits a wall. In fact, just running Adaptive Boost will stress anything less than a chiller or TEC!

Read more @ PC Gamer

MSI MPG Z590 CARBON EK X – Overclocking

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First of all, the performance, which is excellent with our i9-11900K and which is quite close to what we were able to achieve with the MEG Z590 ACE model. This “Carbon EK X” version also offers ultra-complete connectivity with three SSD slots as well as numerous USB ports as well as the presence of an HDMI and DisplayPort output. And not to spoil anything, the displayed price of 508.30 euros seems perfectly justified to us. If we perform a very fast calculation, we have a waterblock whose price we estimate at 175 euros, the EK-Leak Tester at 35.50 euros and a voucher from EK worth 50 euros, which makes us a total of 235.50 euros. 

Read more @ Overclocking (French)

MSI MAG B560 TOMAHAWK WIFI – PurePC

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The Tomahawk is a well-known motherboard family whose career took off with Intel Skylake processors and Intel 100 chipsets when the first MSI Z170A Tomahawk was released . The series has undergone major changes since then, including stylistic changes, because the precursor looked as if it was created on the occasion of the European Football Championship EURO 2021. Later, the Tomahawks went into much darker tones, maintaining their quasi-military direction until now. 

Read more @ PurePC (Polish)

MSI MAG B560M MORTAR WIFI – Vortez

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There are some obvious features missing from using a B560 motherboard and a Micro-ATX variant at that, but this may not matter to many enthusiasts who are simply wanting to indulge in Intel’s Rocket Lake without having it hit their wallet hard. Some of the higher-end features are missing but we still get USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 and of course, PCIe 4.0 (provided we use an 11th Gen CPU) for storage and the expansion slots. One disappointing inclusion is the sheer number of USB 2.0 and USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports, this feels stagnant and we would have really liked to see more USB 3.2 Gen 2 instead.

Read more @ Vortez

MSI MPG B560I GAMING EDGE WIFI – HKEPC

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The living environment in Hong Kong is small, and many people love to assemble the “detailed and detailed” ITX gaming console. MSI launched the new MPG B560I GAMING EDGE WIFI motherboard, equipped with 6 + 2 phase processor power supply module, 8 Layer PCB design and Lighting Gen 4 M.2 SSD interface, and the current generation of Intel has decentralized memory overclocking to the mainstream B560 chipset, supporting up to DDR4-5200 memory overclocking capabilities, with Intel Wi-Fi 6E and 2.5 GbE LAN, 1500 Mosquitoes are looking for real hard to play.

Read more @ HKEPC (Chinese)

MSI MEG Z590 ACE – PurePC

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Since the MSI MEG Z590 ACE is built on the most advanced Intel chipset, with no limitations and limits imposed on H / B chips, the motherboard’s capabilities automatically increase. The most important is the unhampered overclocking of the processor and setting any DDR4 memory dividers, reaching 5600 MHz in the described case. The manufacturer has also added a set of network systems in the form of Ethernet 2.5 Gb / s, Wi-Fi 802.11 AX and Bluetooth 5.2.

Read more @ PurePC (Polish)

MSI MEG Z590 ACE – HKEPC

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To welcome the debut of Intel’s 11th generation Core processors, MSI launched the new MEG Z590 ACE gaming motherboard, which uses an 18-phase 90A power supply ultra-luxury power supply module, which fully meets the requirements of Intel Core i9-11900K. After ABT is activated, All-Cores maintain 5.1GHz Boost Clock , And supports up to DDR4-5600+ OC memory speed. This time I received the “Black Gold Limited Edition” from MSI, which bundled Intel Core i9-11900K CPU with MSI MEG Z590 ACE motherboard and MPG CoreLiqduid K360 water cooling. E-sports platform.

Read more @ HKEPC (Chinese)

MSI MEG Z590 ACE – GreenTech_Reviews

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At the time of this publication, the MSI MEG Z590 Ace motherboard is the only representative of the flagship MEG series. First of all, it is designed to work with Intel 11th generation processors, or more precisely, with flagships. Why is that? It’s simple – we have at our disposal a board not only with a rich set of slots, ports and interfaces, but also with a powerful power subsystem and a very efficient cooling system that operates in a completely passive mode.

Read more @ GreenTech_Reviews (Russian)

MSI MEG Z590 ACE – TweakTown

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The Z590 ACE looks to repeat, with a full-featured platform that includes some rather stunning specifications. At the top of this list is, of course, support for PCIe Gen 4.0 coming from the 11th Generation Rocket Lake processors. That said, this platform is an in socket upgrade for consumers with 10th Gen that may want to grab a board now and processor down the road. The chipset is Intel Z590, and the power design is an impressive 16+2 using 90A phases on the VCore and 75A on SoC.

Read more @ TweakTown