Hot on the heels of the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D launch being reportedly revealed, we now have some details on a few of the upcoming X870 and X870E motherboards from MSI. This is rather exciting, as the X870 family are the first new chipsets since the initial launch of the Socket AM5 platform. While AMD hasn’t said anything about the release date of the 3D V-Cache-equipped Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs, the launch of new Socket AM5 chipsets would surely be a good time to drop those, as well.
Oh yeah, let’s not forget the M.2 XPANDER-X SLIDER GEN 5 add-on card. This will allow users to add two PCie 5.0 x4 M.2 SSDs with ease. It is a 1-slot card, comes with two heatsinks, and has a fan to help keep those speedy Gen5 drives nice and cool. While it isn’t a “back-connect” motherboard, the MEG X870E GODLIKE also comes with an EZ Bridge and accompanying EZ Control Hub allowing you to use one cable to move all your fan and RGB headers to the back of the board.
Next up is the MPG X870E CARBON WIFI which is going to be the choice for those looking for that premium gaming experience without emptying their pockets for the GODLIKE above. While it obviously doesn’t have all the features of that board, it does come with an 18-phase “Duet Rail Power System” and 11A Smart Power Stages. This, combined with the extended heat-pipe cooling for the VRM is going to allow this board to handle current and future AMD Ryzen CPUs as well as allow for some solid overclocking.
The X870 motherboards are the X870 TOMAHAWK WIFI and the X870-P WIFI. Both of these motherboards come with a 14-phase “Duet Rail Power System”, but the TOMAHAWK comes with 80A Smart Power Stages. Both boards come with Wi-Fi 7, 5G LAN, and multiple USB Type-C ports, including USB 40-Gbps. The X870 boards will be the more budget-friendly models, but as they are based on the X870 chipset, they still reside in the relative high-end of the market and are more than enough motherboard for even performance-oriented gamers.
While there is no official release date for MSI’s all-new X870 and X870E motherboards, we can’t wait to see them out in the wild and see what they really are capable of. There’s no doubt that gamers, AI enthusiasts, and those who love to push their hardware to its limits will all be eager to get their hands on one of these motherboards when they are released.