MSI PERFORMANCE GAMING X470 GAMING PLUS AM4 AMD X470 USB 3.1 HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard

Pros: I have been building my own computers since the 386sx/16. I have typically gone with Gigabyte and MSI motherboards. I usually go with the bottom tier boards as the higher models just offer useless upgrades. I decided to go for this model because it had the upgraded Realtek sound chip AND upgraded sound components. What a difference this has made, it is literally like night and day sound quality. My old MSI board had the lowest tier Realtek chip and I noticed a huge difference in the sound.

Setup wise, this board was very easy to install and get going. I experienced no problems whatsoever, there was no fiddling with the bios to get something to work. Literally just plugged everything in and it worked first boot. This has never been the case for me in the past, there has always been a fight with some component, like the RAM not running at the proper speed, or a HD that won't be recognized, etc.

Components I used:
- Ryzen7 2700x
- G-Skill Ripjaws 3200 (2 x 8GB)
- MSI 1070 Ti Titanium
- Corsair H75 Water
- Various SSD's and 1 Sata HD

Cons: None whatsoever. The only board I have used where everything worked on the first boot.

Overall Review: Tips:
- You DO NOT NEED a power supply with 2 8-pin plugs. This motherboard has 2 8-pin plugins but you ONLY need to plug 1 in to the board. (Most of you, like me, will have a PSU that only has 1 8-pin, unless you just upgraded). To be clear, you only need to plug in the 24 pin and 1 8-pin.
- This should go without saying, but ALWAYS go to the MSI website and download the latest Bios and drivers right from the site, never use the disk in the box.
- I recommend HWiNFO64 (open source monitor) over the Command center from MSI. It is far more robust and accurate. (Command center will report your CPU temperature higher than what it actually is)

Pros: great paperweight

Cons: well i sent it in to msi once and that was an absolute mess After fighting with them and finally getting it sent in they did not give me any time frame that I would have it back. So almost 2 weeks after I sent it in I still didn't even update me that they got it and they even have that as a part of their rma process. I called and got told I should have just returned it to newegg.... I pointed out I sent it to them because that is what their techs told me to do...... so three weeks after I sent it in they updated their website finaly saying it was on ut way back. They still hadn't told me they received it... so now months later it died again do not wait your money

Overall Review: well i sent it in to msi once and that was an absolute mess After fighting with them and finally getting it sent in they did not give me any time frame that I would have it back. So almost 2 weeks after I sent it in I still didn't even update me that they got it and they even have that as a part of their rma process. I called and got told I should have just returned it to newegg.... I pointed out I sent it to them because that is what their techs told me to do...... so three weeks after I sent it in they updated their website finaly saying it was on ut way back. They still hadn't told me they received it... so now months later it died again do not wait your money