MSI MEG X570 UNIFY Review

👤by Matthew Hodgson Comments 📅19-11-19
Closer Look (Continued)
The bottom half of the motherboard features three PCI-E 4.0 x16 slots, a couple of PCI-E 4.0 x1 slots and three M.2 SSD slots, each of which is equipped with a black heatsink. As you’ve probably seen, all of the X570 motherboards currently released feature some variation of active heatsink on the FCH (Fusion Controller Hub), this is due to the increased power demands of PCI-E 4.0 components. MSI have placed this fan as close to the bottom-right as they could which helps prevent it from being covered the graphics card in slot 1, even when triple-slot coolers are installed.
In the bottom-right there’s a seven-segment display and onboard power/reset buttons. Next to that is a front USB 3.2 Gen. 2 header, a USB 3.0 header, a couple of USB 2.0 headers and an additional two 4-pin PWM fan headers.


Removing the three M.2 Frozr heatsinks you can see the layout of each slot. The uppermost can take drives of four sizes, 2240, 2260, 2280 and 22110, with the lower two taking 2240, 2260 and 2280. Almost all M.2 SSDs conform to the 2280 form factor.
Each heatsink has been notched in such a way that relocating it is super easy, which is particularly useful for the top heatsink which has to be removed to fit the middle motherboard mounting screw.


Last, but certainly not least, is the rear I/O. This section comes pre-applied for a better fit and to make installing the board just that little bit easier. We get the following:

BIOS Flash
Clear CMOS Button
Wi-Fi /Bluetooth Antenna Connectors
PS/2 GAMING Device Port
REALTEK 2.5G
HD Audio Connectors
Flash BIOS Button
2x USB 2.0 Ports
2x USB 3.2 Gen1 Ports
3x USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports Type A
1x USB 3.2 Gen2 Ports Type C



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