pricing was disclosed during the livestream a few days ago. 299/269 for the ATX/ITX. Amazon/BH have preorders for the ITX version with a 5/20 release like the rest of the boards.
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Aesthetics matter but board designers have to stop covering up the VRM heatsinks with I/O covers. A Barret M99, and F22 look badass because everything on is functional but if you think aesthetics were not a design consideration when they were drawn up you are fooling yourself. Form matters but it should always follow function, motherboard manufactures need to incorporate the board heatsinks as part of the design and stop covering them up and making them stylized blocks of metal.
Looking at MSI's pages, the combined VRM heatsink and IO cover is a functional feature. They've got small fans in the assembly; so by joining the two components they're creating a shroud to make sure the air pulled by the fans has to go through the heatsinks.
Adding a fan just adds cost and complexity and ouldn't be needed on the ATX and mATX versions if the heatsinks had decent surface area and weren't covered up by the IO shield. Design that's function is compromised for the sake of form is bad design.
the I/O cove is one big aluminum heatsink with a fan that is pwm controlled. So its just one big chunk of metal. techpowerup posted a preview and took apart the heatsink.
The IO cover dosn't need to be there, it dosn't do anything. Its just useless cosmetic cladding and things that serve no obvious function look stupid. Drop it and put real heatsinks on that actually do something and you don't need the fan. The board would be cheaper, be more reliable and look better.
the IO cover is supposed to act as a heatsink hence the aluminum construction. Could they have done a better job with a finned hs? Maybe but at least is not some cheap plastic addon.
I agree its a lot better than what you see on some other boards and generally speaking this is going in the right direction but it could still be better. I feel like motherboards from 5+ years ago had way better design compared to recent stuff that looks put gaudy design features over functionality. Hopefully this is a sign that priorities are shifting back where they belong.
they already make an x570 version of the unify.. where have you been? .. they did MEG, then MEG ACE, then after flack took the "best of both worlds" and made the stripped down "all business" no RGB BS x570 Unify.. so, therefore, they do not need to make one, they already have own LOL
as far as others saying IO cover not needed, true, but dead false as well.. you want to protect those sensitive ports from damage, the cover, helps to protect them, isolate from the case you put the board into, (provided case does line up properly) helps to ensure you dont bend the little connectors which are quite easy to break
some people IMO do not directly word out properly / pay attention to what they say (myself included)
Fan for most modern boards is NEEDED as they have lots of power that flows through them, active cooling is far less cost then big hunks of metal that need much much more fins to get enough surface area to properly cool all the hot components properly, many x570 (among other motherboards) have proven, cheap out on the cooling, and boards (among other things) die far too quickly then they should be
if you have to have cooling @#$ do it properly board makers, do not just list "supported" when it truly cannot handle the product (CPU or whatever) in the first place
smoking hot mosfet/VRM/capacitors cause cheap out on the cooling design, is stupid as oh hell, folks pay for these things, an extra few $ matters for folks yes, so does potentially saving hundreds (if not thousands) when boards "go poof" even under stock conditions.. let alone "auto" controlled voltages which surpass safety levels
>X570I unify some people IMO do not directly word out properly / pay attention (yourself included included) X570I or ecks-five-sevendy EYE is ITX not ATX. MSI does not make a ecks-five-sevendy-EYE. I've made it easier for you to read
I gotta say; these look really nice to me. I criticize poor aesthetic design a lot so glad to see MSI doing something that is more simple and elegant. Might not be for everyone but these are tempting to me.
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Hxx - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
pricing was disclosed during the livestream a few days ago. 299/269 for the ATX/ITX. Amazon/BH have preorders for the ITX version with a 5/20 release like the rest of the boards.gavbon - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Thank you, updated.amandakspikes - Monday, May 18, 2020 - link
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Aesthetics matter but board designers have to stop covering up the VRM heatsinks with I/O covers. A Barret M99, and F22 look badass because everything on is functional but if you think aesthetics were not a design consideration when they were drawn up you are fooling yourself. Form matters but it should always follow function, motherboard manufactures need to incorporate the board heatsinks as part of the design and stop covering them up and making them stylized blocks of metal.Also, where is mATX? ATX is just stupid.
DanNeely - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Looking at MSI's pages, the combined VRM heatsink and IO cover is a functional feature. They've got small fans in the assembly; so by joining the two components they're creating a shroud to make sure the air pulled by the fans has to go through the heatsinks.Operandi - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Adding a fan just adds cost and complexity and ouldn't be needed on the ATX and mATX versions if the heatsinks had decent surface area and weren't covered up by the IO shield. Design that's function is compromised for the sake of form is bad design.Hxx - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
the I/O cove is one big aluminum heatsink with a fan that is pwm controlled. So its just one big chunk of metal. techpowerup posted a preview and took apart the heatsink.Operandi - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
The IO cover dosn't need to be there, it dosn't do anything. Its just useless cosmetic cladding and things that serve no obvious function look stupid. Drop it and put real heatsinks on that actually do something and you don't need the fan. The board would be cheaper, be more reliable and look better.Hxx - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
the IO cover is supposed to act as a heatsink hence the aluminum construction. Could they have done a better job with a finned hs? Maybe but at least is not some cheap plastic addon.Operandi - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
I agree its a lot better than what you see on some other boards and generally speaking this is going in the right direction but it could still be better. I feel like motherboards from 5+ years ago had way better design compared to recent stuff that looks put gaudy design features over functionality. Hopefully this is a sign that priorities are shifting back where they belong.Koenig168 - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
MSI, please make an X570 version of the MSI MEG Z490I Unify. That is one gorgeous looking board.Dragonstongue - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
they already make an x570 version of the unify.. where have you been? .. they did MEG, then MEG ACE, then after flack took the "best of both worlds" and made the stripped down "all business" no RGB BS x570 Unify.. so, therefore, they do not need to make one, they already have own LOLas far as others saying IO cover not needed, true, but dead false as well.. you want to protect those sensitive ports from damage, the cover, helps to protect them, isolate from the case you put the board into, (provided case does line up properly) helps to ensure you dont bend the little connectors which are quite easy to break
some people IMO do not directly word out properly / pay attention to what they say (myself included)
Fan for most modern boards is NEEDED as they have lots of power that flows through them, active cooling is far less cost then big hunks of metal that need much much more fins to get enough surface area to properly cool all the hot components properly, many x570 (among other motherboards) have proven, cheap out on the cooling, and boards (among other things) die far too quickly then they should be
if you have to have cooling @#$ do it properly board makers, do not just list "supported" when it truly cannot handle the product (CPU or whatever) in the first place
smoking hot mosfet/VRM/capacitors cause cheap out on the cooling design, is stupid as oh hell, folks pay for these things, an extra few $ matters for folks yes, so does potentially saving hundreds (if not thousands) when boards "go poof" even under stock conditions.. let alone "auto" controlled voltages which surpass safety levels
firewrath9 - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
>X570I unifysome people IMO do not directly word out properly / pay attention (yourself included included)
X570I or ecks-five-sevendy EYE is ITX not ATX. MSI does not make a ecks-five-sevendy-EYE. I've made it easier for you to read
firewrath9 - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
he said x570 version of z490-eye unify -> X570i unifynerd1 - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
IO shield looks really tall and I am worried of cpu heatsink clearance.ingwe - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
I gotta say; these look really nice to me. I criticize poor aesthetic design a lot so glad to see MSI doing something that is more simple and elegant. Might not be for everyone but these are tempting to me.Samus - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Why are mainstream motherboards now $300 when a few years ago you could get very good ITX and mATX boards for $90?Rookierookie - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
You're not happy with the ~$150 X570 motherboards out there because?boozed - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Remember when motherboards were just motherboards?Lord of the Bored - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
I remember when motherboards were green, and if you bought a cheap one the cache was fake.boozed - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Those were the daysSlash3 - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
So much magic in the capacitors that they just couldn't hold it all in.Ampidire - Monday, May 11, 2020 - link
Now do your GPU's plzthx.edzieba - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
"unassuming"It has a large chrome dragon glued to a huge plastic slab.
Ian Cutress - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
Compared to flashy RGB competition? Yeah, it's unassumingOperandi - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
Take that 'suming" dial and turn that shit back!konbala - Tuesday, May 12, 2020 - link
The logo looks like a dead dragon, with the head left with spine attached to it.Technobile - Saturday, May 16, 2020 - link
For the money nothing comes close! 16 phase with 90A!Asus Strix Z490-E Gaming at the identical price point here in Oz only has 14 phase with 50A