Hi folks, I'm trying to choose between Aorus Master, MSI ACE and MSI unify. I would also have considered Asus crosshair Hero VIII wifi but only two NVMe put me off so currently less keen on that.
The AM seems better in sense of 6 sata for more flexibility (albeit 2 of those drop out when 3 NVMe installed, but I'm years away from affording that luxury), and same no of usable PCIe4x1 (since of the two PCIe4x1 on the MSI boards only one can be used at any time). I have however heard rumours of AM not being as good with RAM variants which worries me. It's also £70+ more expensive. Ouch!
How much use is the ACE's heatpipe from chipset to VRM? Is that a good thing or bad thing?
Does the 1GB intel LAN missing from the unify really matter?
Is one of these boards proven to be better/more stable/more flexible than the others?
Most test reviews I've seen seem to put them fairly similarly in terms of performance, with slight variations between different benchmarks. No outright winnner. But to the people using them in the realworld, what feedback do you have? Any observations/nice-to-knows/watch-its?
The AM seems better in sense of 6 sata for more flexibility (albeit 2 of those drop out when 3 NVMe installed, but I'm years away from affording that luxury), and same no of usable PCIe4x1 (since of the two PCIe4x1 on the MSI boards only one can be used at any time). I have however heard rumours of AM not being as good with RAM variants which worries me. It's also £70+ more expensive. Ouch!
How much use is the ACE's heatpipe from chipset to VRM? Is that a good thing or bad thing?
Does the 1GB intel LAN missing from the unify really matter?
Is one of these boards proven to be better/more stable/more flexible than the others?
Most test reviews I've seen seem to put them fairly similarly in terms of performance, with slight variations between different benchmarks. No outright winnner. But to the people using them in the realworld, what feedback do you have? Any observations/nice-to-knows/watch-its?