MSI MEG Z890 Ace Review : Top-Tier Quality With a Hefty Price Tag

Sorry for the deletion and reupload - we had some rendering errors in the original video. Our editor has been fired and demoted to making the tea for the rest of the year.

It's taken a while for Intel to fix their Core Ultra 200S processors and we are now finally able to take a proper look at matching motherboards. We are aiming high with this review as we check out the MSI MEG Z890 Ace which is packed with features but which also costs a scary £640. Read more here: https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/leo-waldock/msi-meg-z890-ace-review-so-many-features/

00:00 Start
01:07 Accessories
02:30 The Z890 Ace - Close up
05:02 VRM’s / Memory support
05:31 Rear I/O / Headers
06:10 Test PC Setup
08:55 BIOS
10:02 Cinebench 2024 Multi Core
10:17 CInebench 2024 Single Core
10:28 Geekbench 6 Multi Core
10:46 Geekbench 6 Single Core
10:57 CPU Power Consumption
11:59 7-Zip V24 Benchmark
12:22 AIDA64 Memory Bandwidth
12:47 3DMark Time Spy
13:09 Far Cry 6
13:22 Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
13:37 Assassins Creed: Mirage
13:58 Cyberpunk 2077
14:12 Total War Pharaoh
14:36 Closing Thoughts

Test system
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 285K
Motherboard: MSI MEG Z890 Ace BIOS 1.A41
Memory: 48GB G.Skill Trident Z5 CK CUDIMM DDR5-8200
CPU Cooler: MSI MAG CoreLiquid i360
Graphics card: MSI RTX RTX 4090 Ventus 3X 24GB
Power supply: Seasonic Focus GX-1000 ATX 3
SSD: 1TB Crucial T700 M.2 NVMe
OS: Windows 11 Pro

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