MSI X570 Gaming Edge review: Great performance without breaking the bank

If you’re thinking about buying one of AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs, such as the excellent Ryzen 7 3700X, then you may want to think about pairing it with one of their new X570 motherboards. AMD’s Ryzen 3000 CPUs still work with older AM4 motherboards, of course, including those with X470 or B450 chipsets, but they may need a BIOS update before you can start using it (check our motherboard / CPU combo guide for more info), which isn’t the case for the out-of-the-box ready X570 boards. X570 boards also support the new super-fast PCIe 4.0 standard, which can chuck twice as much data around than their PCIe 3.0 predecessors – up to 64GB/s compared to 32GB/s.

That doesn’t mean much right now, admittedly, as there are still precious few PCIe 4.0 devices around to take advantage of all that extra speed. However, if you’re the type who likes to look ahead when building their PC, MSI’s MPG X570 Gaming Edge (Wi-Fi) motherboard is a great place to start.

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