MSI MPG Z690 Edge WiFi DDR4 Gaming Motherboard (ATX, 12th Gen Intel Core, LGA 1700 Socket, DDR4, PCIe 4, CFX, M.2 Slots, Wi-Fi 6)

This was written for a MSI Rewards Program Redemption This is only my second PC build ever, my first one was back in 2017 and I built a 6th Gen Intel system with a 1050ti. Back then I used a Gigabyte board and had a lot of issues with the BIOS and Gigabyte's utility programs, so much, in fact, I let the system stay at the default orange for much of the last two years just because I didn't want to go through the hassle. I digress, I decided to go with MSI this time around and highly recommend this board for a DDR4 12th Gen build. It has a small bit of RGB by the chip heatsinks and then the dragon logo, but nothing that will illuminate your entire house, which is what I was looking for, but the quality and BIOS are leagues above my 6th Gen Aorus. It's the highest end of the DDR4 boards, but very worth it over a lot of the other ASUS and Gigabyte options for the DDR4s. Pros - Great Quality Heatsinks Beautiful RGB Dragon Easily Labeled headers 4 M.2 slots and 6 Sata Ports Seems very DIY friendly Great I/O panel selection Perfect amount of on-board RGB for me Awesome Accessories - USB Support Drive and Screwdrivers came in very handy! Cons If you were looking for a super RGB board, this isn't it Mystic Light isn't the greatest, but the rest of the utilities are great Still trying to figure out how to overclock but that might just be my under-experience not the BIOS/Utilities I/O doesn't *Quite* line up with my case, but that could be an issue with Phanteks' case, it wasn't anything egregious, maybe a few millimeters Lastly, the PCIe ports are a little close together. My 2070S and USB expansion card are mere millimeters apart. It doesn't seem to effect anything during heavy loads but if the mini PCIe slot could be at the bottom instead, it would've been MUCH easier to install those two cards, I can't imagine what I'd do if I was SLI bridging two 2070Supers. Overall, I'd give this thing a 9.8/10. It's an incredible board with incredible quality, for an incredible new system. Specs: Intel i5 12600K MSI MPG Edge Wifi DDR4 32gbs G.SKILL Trident Royal Z 3200mhz 2x16 ZOTAC Twin-Fan NVIDIA 2070Super WD_Black 500GB M.2 4th Gen / Seagate 510 250GB M.2 3rd Gen / Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200RPM Phanteks P600S Glacier White Phanteks 240mm T30 Glacier One Liquid AIO MSI MAG24C1 Curved Gaming Monitor 1080p 144mhz

This is a great motherboard. It feels very sturdy, the PCIE slot for the GPU is extremely stable, and the motherboard runs nicely. Instructions below for how I updated BIOS easily for 13th gen Intel. My only complaint with this motherboard is that the front panel connectors, which are already hard enough to plug in, are extremely hard to find on the motherboard due to TINY out of place writing and also it didn't come with anything to make it easier to plug them in. That was a pain. Otherwise this motherboard has performed very well and the BIOS interface and MSI support page/website are great. If you're trying it with a 13th gen Intel CPU it won't work until you update the BIOS. The best way to do this to avoid errors is to do the BIOS update IMMEDIATELY, before installing CPU or anything, really. First, using another PC, format a USB 2.0 32 GB or smaller as FAT32 with a default allocation size. Download the correct, recent BIOS from MSI's site (currently it's 7D31v19). Extract the main BIOS file directly into the USB with NO FOLDERS (don't leave it in its folder) or any other files and rename it to MSI.ROM Now once you get the motherboard out of the box, connect it to the 16-pin power to your unplugged/powered off PSU, and also to the CPU power to the PSU (use the plug on the left, CPU 1 / ATX power 1). DO NOT CONNECT ANYTHING ELSE, NO RAM OR CPU OR ANYTHING, JUST THOSE 2 plugs TO THE PSU. Then plug the PSU into the wall, and power it on (do NOT power PC on with PC power button, just flip switch for PSU power). Hook your USB up to the Flash Bios USB slot in the Motherboard. Push the Flash BIOS button once. It will flash red for a few seconds, then main motherboard lights will come on, including the fancy dragon. The red light by BIOS button will keep flashing for about 3-8 minutes and then you will see the motherboard power off then on again and the Flash Bios button red light will stop blinking and go dark. Wait another 1-2 minutes and then you can unplug everything and assemble the Mobo into your PC. If the light doesn't blink red initially but instead just stays solid read after a few seconds when you first try this, you need to fix your USB formatting / BIOS file or use a different one. For me this happened when my BIOS file was in a folder instead of directly in the USB with no folders.

Install was fantastically easy to install and the M.2 clips worked great. Made for a quick build that included all the features I wanted such as integrated graphics, WIFI, and the ability to support 13th Gen CPU's. Bios was a breeze to flash on before installing all my hardware on the board and then into the case. Everything slotted in easy on the board and went into the case easy as can be. The BIOS itself offers a very nice EZ MODE for those with little knowledge and an advanced mode for making all kinds of nice little tweaks. One thing that felt like an oversight to me was that the fresh board when booted for the first time had my CPU running unregulated which caused it to thermal throttle rather rapidly once I started using the PC. Easy enough fix in the bios though especially with the search feature saving a few seconds from scrolling! Would definitely recommend this board to others and while it is my first MSI board it definitely wont be my last with how good this one was. For those curious of my build Corsair 4000D Airflow case MSI Z690 Edge DDR4 WIFI MOBO Zotac trinity OC 3090 GPU 32GB Ripjaw RAM 1TB + 2TB M.2 Drives X1 each Corsair HX1000 PSU Dark Rock Pro 4 CPU cooler i7-13700k CPU

I've been building PCs for 30 years. I love doing it. I can control what I put in and maintain them / upgrade them for a long time and pass them down. When building my last machine (the current one I use) I went all MSI. Good quality and decent prices. This is the first build I've done with the "pad" style CPUs (my last two builds were AMD based). BE CAREFUL! The pins / pin pads (whatever they should be called) on these motherboards BEND EASILY and you can hose the board. It's CRAZY easy to do. I was able to get mine in but after reading reviews I saw it for myself and took GREAT CARE to note mess up the pads. Once messed up you might as well throw it away. I know you can try to fix them, but you better have a steady hand and the eyes of an eagle! Overall, this board does well under load and temps are within range. Having a single OEM platform made the RGB lighting much easier (I usually don't care about that, but this time wanted it to work).

This is a good motherboard when it works. Originally the first board I received was bricked on arrival. However the replacement seems to work great. The only issue I have had is updating the bios seems to break XMP so I had to revert back to the version that came with the board. The feature set is what you would expect from a Z690 board and I like the aesthetics of it as well. Bios is easy enough to navigate and is overall well laid out with EZ mode having everything you would need on the landing page. Pros: - Good UI for BIOS - Aesthetics - Comes with USB to install drivers instead of CD (great addition!) - TPM 2.0 works - Display port integrated graphics (Very nice) - Flashback button Cons: - BIOS versions seem unstable (Both beta and non beta) - Hard to tell if ram is being reseeded or if your config is bad and board is resetting itself - for the price of the board it's disappointing that it doesn't include a digital debug (just the 4 led debugs which are better than nothing)

I purchased this motherboard when I upgraded to intels 12th gen, and I didn't want to deal with DDR5 prices. I purchased on sale and when its around $250 I think this is a great board for the price. The build quality is great, I'm a fan of the design and lighting, it was easy to install everything on it and easy to mount into the case. There is a good number of USB ports on the board, enough to fit my needs with some to spare. A debug code display would have been nice for this price point but overall I can't complain about this board. If you are looking for a good Z690 board and don't want to deal with outrageous DDR5 pricing then you can't go wrong with this one

Direct replacement for original MOBO. If (when) you pour a beer on top the radiator, expect to replace yours as well. :(

I have nothing bad to say about this product. It's just Excellent, especially for it's price bracket compared to other companies mobos. It's really sturdy, looks great, and it's easy it install. I was able to get it in and fire the computer up within 45 minutes. Everything worked great, the bios is better than other brands I've used in the past, and it's just a great motherboard. Very cut and dry installation. If you're looking for a great board with tons of features, I'd highly recommend this over anything else.

جاءت اللوحة الأم MSI Z690 Edge خالية من العيوب من منطقة الجزاء ولديها PCI 5.0 وكذلك M2. فتحة Gen4. من السهل الوصول إلى ذاكرة الوصول العشوائي ووحدة المعالجة المركزية ورفع تردد التشغيل و BIOS سهل المتابعة. سعيد بالشراء.

Very good Z690 board with DDR4, very hard to find board with DDR4 that is good. Recommend.

Ya tengo varios meses con esta Motherboard trabajando con un i5 12600KF y todo muy bien, si van por un procesador de la 12a o 13a gen. consideren un buen enfriador líquido, de 360mm preferentemente

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la calidad de la motherboar es excelente y los materiales de contrucción son muy buenos