The all-black, stealthy design of the MEG X570 UNIFY will certainly appeal heavily to some users, many of which will be fed up of having to choose the budget parts to avoid the RGB lighting craze. Theres a couple of large protective films for you to peel off here too.
After peeling off the films, which really werent that satisfying, the board looks incredibly elegant. We love the simplicity of the design with the total lack of colour. Compared to its more expensive counterpart, the ACE, aside from the RGB lighting, one of the biggest removals is the heatpipe interconnecting the FCH fan with the VRM heatsink around the CPU socket.
MSI have equipped the UNIFY with a 12+2+1 power phase design, fed by dual CPU power connectors. Theres six IR3599 IR Phase Doublers, twelve IR3555 60A DR. MOS power phases and twelve Titanium Choke IIs, all of which are controlled by an IR Digital PWM module.
The large heatsink structures are joined by a heatpipe for better performance.
Moving over to the DDR4 slots, another change from the ACE is the removal of the steel armour around each slot. MSI claim their UNIFY can handle memory up to 4800MHz and has been rigorously tested with major memory manufacturers to offer the best possible support.
Around the DIMM slots are five 4-pin PWM fan connections which are spaced nicely, a couple of RGB connections and the 24-pin motherboard power.
In the bottom-right of the board youll find four SATA 3.0 ports and a front USB 3.0 header, all of which are mounted at 90° for better cable management.
After peeling off the films, which really werent that satisfying, the board looks incredibly elegant. We love the simplicity of the design with the total lack of colour. Compared to its more expensive counterpart, the ACE, aside from the RGB lighting, one of the biggest removals is the heatpipe interconnecting the FCH fan with the VRM heatsink around the CPU socket.
MSI have equipped the UNIFY with a 12+2+1 power phase design, fed by dual CPU power connectors. Theres six IR3599 IR Phase Doublers, twelve IR3555 60A DR. MOS power phases and twelve Titanium Choke IIs, all of which are controlled by an IR Digital PWM module.
The large heatsink structures are joined by a heatpipe for better performance.
Moving over to the DDR4 slots, another change from the ACE is the removal of the steel armour around each slot. MSI claim their UNIFY can handle memory up to 4800MHz and has been rigorously tested with major memory manufacturers to offer the best possible support.
Around the DIMM slots are five 4-pin PWM fan connections which are spaced nicely, a couple of RGB connections and the 24-pin motherboard power.
In the bottom-right of the board youll find four SATA 3.0 ports and a front USB 3.0 header, all of which are mounted at 90° for better cable management.
