MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY Motherboard

Name: MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY
Brand: MSI
SKU: MEG Z490 UNIFY
Rating: 4.0 (55 reviews)

MSI MEG Z490 Unify LGA 1200 SLI/CF Triple M.2 Slots USB 3.2 Gen 2 Wi-Fi 6 ATX

★★★★☆

(55 reviews)

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Supports 10Th Generation Intel Core / Pentium Gold / Celeron Processors For LGA 1200 Socket
Supports Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Up To 128GB Total (4800Mhz)
Frozr Heatsink Designed With Active Cooling, Double Ball Bearings, And Zero Frozr Technology For High-Performance Heat Dissipation
Triple Turbo M.2 With M.2 Shield Frozr Delivers Transfer Speeds Of Up To 32 GB/S For Ultra-Fast Ssds
On-Board 2.5G LAN Plus Gigabit LAN With With Wi-Fi 6 (802.11Ax)
Pre-Installed I/O Shielding For Convenience And Protection From Electrostatic Discharge

Specifications Overview

Model	MEG Z490 UNIFY
Release Date	May 2020 * First availability for purchase, it may not correspond to the actual market launch date.
Socket	LGA1200
Form factor	ATX
Chipset	Intel Z490
Supported Memory	DDR4 2133Mhz 2400Mhz 2666Mhz 2933Mhz 3000Mhz 3200Mhz 3300Mhz 3333Mhz 3400Mhz 3466Mhz 3600Mhz 3733Mhz 3866Mhz 4000Mhz 4133Mhz 4200Mhz 4266Mhz 4300Mhz 4400Mhz 4533Mhz 4600Mhz 4800Mhz View compatible RAM ► * High clock speeds may require enabling the XMP profile in the motherboard BIOS ** RAM support may also depend on the CPU memory controller
ECC RAM Support	No
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC1220
Audio Channels	7.1-Channel High Definition Audio Supports Optical S/PDIF output
LAN Chipset	Realtek RTL8125B
Max LAN Speed	10/100/1000/2500Mbps
SLI Support	Yes
CrossFire Support	Yes
RAID Support	Yes
Back Connect	No
Back I/O Ports	1 x Optical S/PDIF Out 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C 2 x USB 2.0/1.1 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 3 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A 5 x Audio Jacks
Wireless LAN	Yes
Wi-Fi Generation	6
PCI-Express x16 Slots	3
PCI-Express x4 Slots	0
PCI-Express x1 Slots	2
SATA 6 Gbps Ports	6
SATA Express Ports	0
M.2 Ports	4
M.2 Devices support	2242 / 2260 / 2280 / 22110 - M Key 2242 / 2260 / 2280 - M Key 2242 / 2260 / 2280 - M Key 2230 - E Key
RAM Slots	4
Maximum Supported RAM	128 GB
Onboard USB 2.0	2
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 1	1
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2	1
Onboard USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	0

	Old Name	Current Name	Branding	Data Speed	Port
USB 2.0	USB 2.0	USB 2.0	Hi-Speed USB	480 Mbit/s	diverse
USB 3.0	USB 3.1 Gen 1	USB 3.2 Gen 1x1	SuperSpeed USB	5 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.1	USB 3.1 Gen 2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x1	SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps	10 Gbit/s	diverse
USB 3.2	USB 3.2 Gen 2x2	USB 4.0 Gen 2x2	USB4 20Gbps	20 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4	USB 4.0 Gen 3x2	USB4 1.0	USB4 40Gbps	40 Gbit/s	only USB-C
USB4v2	USB 4.0 Gen 4	USB4 2.0	USB4 80Gbps	80-120 Gbit/s	only USB-C

Expert reviews

The MSI MEG Z490 UNIFY is easily one of my favorite motherboards, that's also a bit personally and thus subjective as my opinion here is based on looks as well. features wise you get 90% of what the premium 400~500 USD boards offer. The phase design is impressive the looks great. You get one 2.5 Gbps Ethernet jack but do still get AX WIFI6. The ...

The Guru of 3D

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100

We managed to nudge all 10-cores on our 10900K up to 5.3GHz with UNIFY without any difficulty. Some BIOS layouts can be complex and tricky to navigate but its great that MSI keep things simple with their design.

Vortez

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