Head for China, where a top-of-the-range motherboard from MSI goes on sale in the Middle Kingdom. Indeed, the MEG X870E Ace Max from the brand with the dragon is currently on sale at 5299 yuan, a top-of-the-range price when transposed into euroq, taking into account taxes, currency conversions, etc.
MEG X870E Ace Max: a top-of-the-range price tag for a top-of-the-range card!
With this card, MSI offers us a top-of-the-range reference in ATX format. Accompanied by an X870E chipset and an AM5socket, this model is designed for Ryzen processors. The visual aspect is very well thought-out, with massive heatsinks for the power supply and chipset stages. Likewise, all SSD slots benefit from heatsinks, not to mention the dragon or series motifs that enhance this model.
Connectivity is rich, with four 8400 MT/s DDR5 memory slots. There are three PCIe 5.0 slots, one x16 for the graphics card, one x8 whose lines are shared with the first and one x4 shared with the first M.2. Speaking of M.2, there are five connectors, two in 5.0 x4 and the rest in 4.0 x4. The network section features one 10 GbE and a second 5 GbE Ethernet chip. WiFi7 is also included. As for audio, we find a Realtek ALC4080 chip coupled to an ESS ESS9219Q DAC. We won’t bore you with the details of theI/O shield– a picture will suffice.
In short, all this to say that as well as offering a meticulous design, rich connectivity and numerous functions, the price tag is also top-of-the-range: 5299 yuan. Once the various taxes and currency conversions have been taken into account, the price could well reach €800.
