MSI Prestige X570 Creation Review

👤by Matthew Hodgson Comments 📅07-07-19
Closer Look
For those of you who enjoy peeling the protective film off new electronics, you’ll be more than happy with the Prestige X570 Creation, more than enough to keep you busy for a little while. Enough of that though, first impressions are certainly… impressive. The E-ATX form factor requires the board to measure in at 305mm x 272mm, ensuring it fits into any compatible case.


The VRMs (Voltage Regulator Modules) around the AM4 socket feature an SOC power phase with dedicated hardware specifically for memory overclocking and VDDG voltage control. The power phases utilise an IR Digital PWM and DrMOS power design for increased stability.

You should also notice the heatsinks, one of which is connected to the rear IO, the other above the CPU socket are joined by a 6mm thick heatpipe. That heatpipe also follows the left-edge of the DRAM slots down to the FCH for better heat distribution across the motherboard.


Around the back of the two VRM heatsinks, MSI have equipped the motherboard with a duo of 8-pin EPS power connectors. One connector should be ample for the majority of users, and there aren’t a great deal of PSUs that offer a pair of these connectors, but if you wish to push the ‘board and CPU to the absolute edge, you may find that the 3900X or 3950X will get close to, or even exceed, the 235W supply from a single connection.


The top-right of the motherboard is somewhat of a hub for fan, RGB and temperature connections, removing some of the stress from the bottom-edge of the motherboard while also conveniently improving cable management by placing these on the edge of the board.


Zen 2 brings with it improved memory performance, thanks to improvements within the CPUs cache levels and better memory controllers, the MSI X570 Creation supports up to 128GB of DDR4 via the 4 DIMM slots, each of which are protected by a steel armour and server-grade PCB to improve signal quality.



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