msi MAG Z790 Tomahawk MAX WiFi Motherboard

The board has a great design and good build quality. Most things worked well after I replaced my old mobo (another MSI from three years ago) and my old i9-1200K. The only thing I had trouble with was the WiFi 7 built in to the mobo.

First, Windows would not recognize the wifi hardware. Running the driver software from the MSI website didn’t help. I found dozens of posts all over the internet from others having the same (or other) issues with this board and WiFi. I updated BIOS and everything and nothing.

I finally decided to fully reset the CMOS by pressing the reset button on the board and suddenly Windows could see it. I finished setting up Windows 11 Pro and Ent (each on their own M2 drive and dual boot). Neither could fully utilize the Wi-Fi. It was choppy at best. I’d be on calls and the Wi-Fi would just drop. Wi-Fi performance was horrid. And the drops while on conference calls just couldn’t be an option for me. My old board (Wi-Fi 6) worked great. I had to replace it because ports kept dying on it.

I bought a cheap little AC1300 Wi-Fi dongle (slow) but it was super stable. And even though it had no external antenna (and the mobo one did) it was just rock solid for a week. Switching back to the mobo Wi-Fi and it was 70% less stable over a week. Just unacceptable for this price point.

Board is very good when it comes to gaming and performance, The only problem I have had with the board itself is the Wi-Fi hardware and drivers, No matter what I have done, the wifi will go in and out even with the latest 2024 update. For a board to be claimed as “Max Wifi” and it goes in and out next to the router is kind of a negative for me. But apart from that the board works great and as intended but I ended up just using an ethernet cord which works completely fine. Very solid motherboard had no issues installing a i9 14900k in it. I have had this 3 months now apart from wifi no issues whatsoever.

A high-level motherboard, it supports a large number of configurations and is perfect if you want to overclock the Intel series.

Es una de las placas mas balanceadas, En mi caso la compre para una estación de trabajo acompañada con un I9 14900K y funciona perfectamente bien, aun con overclock a 5.2 GHz

Likes: Super heavy duty (must be twice the weight of my last MOBO, excellent IO and speed, future proof, design, lost of support

Dislikes: Need Windows 11 to use the Wifi onboard. Heat sink slightly large and ended up having to rig my CPU AIO in a sketchy way (check your case height, MOBO standoffs, and radiator sizes)

This is my first major upgrade in over a decade, so things have come a long way. MSI is up there in reputation and their website has alot of support and drivers for everything. BIOS is easy to use and has some simple good features to push your memory speed. Easy to diagnose issues and took a fraction of a time to get working as my first build. This is a fantastic bargain for what you get and I highly recommend this board. Looks awesome and a great performer!

Not sure how to write this review… The product itself is great hence the 5 stars. My issue (even though) amazon sorted it out is that this is the second motherboard I’ve ordered that showed up used/opened/someone ordered and returned/etc. Obvious because one had missing parts and the box was previously opened. The other had loose hardware on it. Now as stated above… Amazon Fixed the issues immediately and sent replacements. But it should not have happened in the first place. When someone buys something new (especially something expensive or an item that is susceptible to possible damage if not handled correctly), that item should be SEALED and not previously opened. Ok I’ll stop my ranting… Bottom line the product works and the price was reasonable.

Tras una extensa investigación, buscando una placa que se ajuste a mi presupuesto pero que al mismo tiempo me dure lo suficiente para estar vigente varios años a futuro puedo decir que es una EXCELENTE placa base con gran capacidad de memoria 4 espacios para M.2 y 8 SATA. Además de contar con varios heatsinks colocados perfectamente para controlar las altas temperaturas.).
Sugiero usar solo 3 M.2 para no reducir el rendimiento de la tarjeta de video.
Cuenta con Wifi 7 para conexiones ultra rápidas (la antena es magnética por cierto.
Me convencí de comprar MSI al leer muy buenas reseñas por parte de su equipo de soporte, y varias reseñas que mencionan el producto se encuentra en excelentes condiciones.

Sin duda satisface mis necesidades y como un plus el diseño es muy elegante.

Aún estoy por terminar mi ensamble (mi primera vez), estoy muy emocionado de que supere mis expectativas!