MSI MEG Z690 UNIFY: A Worthy Chariot For Alder Lake?

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  • čas přidán 11. 11. 2021
  • Wendell puts the MSI MEG Z690 Unify motherboard through its paces. Is it worthy of Alder Lake? Let's find out!
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Komentáře • 46

  • @steveslater7885
    @steveslater7885 Před 2 lety +4

    Great Rundown, I find myself always learning something new about something that already has extensive coverage here.
    Keep up the great content. Love it.

  • @simondemeule3934
    @simondemeule3934 Před 2 lety +2

    Great review! Nice to see good RAID support on this platform. Would love to see your take on the ASUS ProArt Z690 CREATOR WiFi

  • @rodhester2166
    @rodhester2166 Před 2 lety

    thanks for the review.. that board had a lot going on.. wow..

  • @TheRag096
    @TheRag096 Před 2 lety

    Hi Wendell,
    Great video as always. What is the PCIe to U.2 carrier-board you are using to house the dual Optane P5800X drives?
    Thanks.

  • @pieproducer
    @pieproducer Před 2 lety

    hi mate,thanks for the info.can u elaborate on the 12900k igpu situation.so providing the vga detection setting in bios with this mobo is set to auto,i can use the 12900k's onboard gpu in adobe alongside my 3090 ? and also,if this is correct,does it need a software driver?i cant see any on the msi product page

  • @southbronxny5727
    @southbronxny5727 Před 2 lety

    I bought the ddr5 4800 from the QVL list for the carbon wifi but now I want the Unify for the sli. The piont is, the QVL memory list have now been erased/changed from anything above 4800 mhz. I don't know why but now I don't know if I can just switch boards because the new amended QVL list doesn't show my memory on the compatibility anymore. Maybe their trying to stop ddr5 scalping. I don't know.

  • @Pabula
    @Pabula Před 2 lety

    Any chance of reviewing a Z690 with DDR4, like Asrock Z690 Extreme, would love to see your input on it.

  • @maximoxtech1125
    @maximoxtech1125 Před 2 lety

    woah that u key sounds very cool and useful, especially for private computers

  • @jjdawg9918
    @jjdawg9918 Před 2 lety +10

    Nice thorough coverage as always! I would still rather see 5 or 6 general purpose PCIe slots than more M.2 NVMe slots that can only be used for one thing. I personally can't find a use case for more than two NVMe slots and if I do I could just buy a PCIe to M.2 adapter( or add a 10Gbe or Mellanox card as you said). I suspect these M.2 NVMe slots are a manufacturing cheap-out. Anyway cant wait for Linux testing ;)

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 Před 2 lety +1

      I always need three. Two for systemdisk in RAID 1 and one bigger fast data

    • @jjdawg9918
      @jjdawg9918 Před 2 lety

      @@llothar68 Great use-case!, the system disk gets pounded on and in theory more likely to fail, really painful if it does, and can use smaller disks.

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 Před 2 lety +1

      @@jjdawg9918 I have software licenses that are far more expensive than the hardware. And many restrict the number of reinstalls and that might be required sometimes on restoring backups. So i just can't risk it. Also a missed day because of a failed drive can cost me a lot of money, especially if it happens and i break a deadline date.
      SSD failures were quite frequently for me compared to all other failures.

    • @sagerdood
      @sagerdood Před 2 lety

      I populated my apex with m.2, i play alot of games...

  • @phillip557
    @phillip557 Před 2 lety

    Does the YouKey interact with the operating system so that if you reset the BIOS nobody else can see your internet search history?

  • @rokku87
    @rokku87 Před 2 lety +3

    Please make a video of you reacting or giving your take to Linus tech tips's Linux video

  • @TITAN2K
    @TITAN2K Před 2 lety +9

    Would love to see how well the IceGiant ProSiphon Elite would do trying to keep cool the Alder lake CPU's

    • @dylansmith9215
      @dylansmith9215 Před 2 lety

      Hmm that would be an interesting test, although I seem to recall that the thermal capacity for that cooler is lower then say an NHD-15, and if the new i9 can overwhelm and NHD-15 under a blender workload then I doubt the IceGaint would perform all that well. LTT actually breaks down where it falls short fairly well in their video czcams.com/video/U-BWEDfrE9c/video.html

  • @justinwitter31
    @justinwitter31 Před rokem

    Anyone else having issues flashing bios for 13gen? Thought I bricked my mb 10 times... but the 11th it finally flashed.

  • @user-kg8pb6yd5h
    @user-kg8pb6yd5h Před 5 měsíci

    Will I be able to run ddr5 7600 mhz in two channels on it?

  • @pastafazool5951
    @pastafazool5951 Před rokem

    this motherboard overclocks like a dream come true, just swapped it for my edge, unify for life

  • @GregorMima
    @GregorMima Před 2 lety

    Wish it would come with DDR4. Guess gonna still go for AM4.

  • @watch3r9
    @watch3r9 Před 2 lety

    Please review the nic iperf of the z690 vs x570s

  • @CataclysmZA
    @CataclysmZA Před 2 lety +2

    I'm personally flabbergasted that MSI put out such a good board.

  • @b2bb
    @b2bb Před 2 lety +1

    idk why, but whenever I hear Meg, I immediately think of sharks...perhaps Megladon..? idek
    _engagement_

  • @stevin47
    @stevin47 Před 2 lety

    Are P-cores Priority Scheduling for your use . and E-cores for Windows 11 Microsoft Telemetry and reporting back on your habits ? a moving toward every thing goes to the cloud in the back ground .....

  • @ntme9
    @ntme9 Před 2 lety

    If you use a USB-c to hdmi cable can you use the igpu of a 12900k in the absence of a gpu with this mobo?

  • @bartoszm84
    @bartoszm84 Před 2 lety +11

    I remember days when you could buy entire new pc with dedicated graphics card for price of this motherboard, and it was good enough to play games at 1080p medium. Can we call it a progress?. No. New parts are faster but also more expensive and more power hungry (at least on Intel side). I would want to see comparsion of few generations of cpus @same power consumption.

    • @bryansuh1985
      @bryansuh1985 Před 2 lety +3

      GPUs used to not have heatsinks. Case fans have steadily gotten larger over time.
      Overall every component is getting more power hungry

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 Před 2 lety

      Yes prices are up, but this is high end line. You can have good budget builds below 500$

  • @bourne_
    @bourne_ Před 2 lety

    12:10 anyone can point me to this separate video?

  • @Billy_bSLAYER
    @Billy_bSLAYER Před 2 lety

    No Thunderbolt 4? I'm sick of having to use add-in cards.

  • @tanmaypanadi1414
    @tanmaypanadi1414 Před 2 lety

    why no video out msi the GPU world is still full of pain right now 😭

  • @videogamephenomhd
    @videogamephenomhd Před 2 lety +1

    This would definitely be the leader of small form factor sleeper builds.

  • @NJRoadfan
    @NJRoadfan Před 2 lety

    All that DMI bandwidth and no $%#$%# PCIe slots. Gah. I shouldn't have to convert NVMe slots to PCIe x4 with an adapter and then use a riser kludge to add a capture card or two (or Thunderbolt or a 10Gbe NIC). Can these motherboard makers just put in the x4 slots? One can always convert them to NVMe later!

  • @sagejpc1175
    @sagejpc1175 Před 2 lety +3

    Used to think that Intel was like Sisyphus trying to push the industry forward.
    Now I just think they are the rock...

  • @enkedo
    @enkedo Před 2 lety

    its a bad thing no video output :(

  • @guestimator121
    @guestimator121 Před 2 lety

    - "It's PERSON with the key, not MAN with the key" - Wendell.
    - "I know what I've said" - MSI guy, probably :P

  • @benjamintrathen6119
    @benjamintrathen6119 Před 2 lety

    Z690 creator pleeaase?

  • @ppolo12
    @ppolo12 Před 2 lety

    idle iGPU would waste ram

  • @bodasactra
    @bodasactra Před 2 lety

    A Tesla is a worthy chariot for Elon Musk. I will admire him holding onto his bumper wearing my best pair of roller skates.

  • @MIL-STD
    @MIL-STD Před 2 lety

    Too bad you can't buy this motherboard!

  • @jme214
    @jme214 Před 2 lety

    I like your tech reviews but please show us the whole story.

  • @anon7692
    @anon7692 Před 2 lety

    Uh actually if you use the U-key the motherboard makes you drop your pants and checks that you're a man before letting you in.
    Source: Just trust me bro

  • @miyagiryota9238
    @miyagiryota9238 Před 2 lety

    1st