The AMD X570 Motherboard Overview: Over 35+ Motherboards Analyzed
by Gavin Bonshor on July 9, 2019 8:00 AM ESTMSI Prestige X570 Creation
The MSI Prestige X570 Creation is designed with content creators and enthusiasts in mind with similar aesthetics to its HEDT counterpart, the MSI X399 Creation, and implements them onto an E-ATX sized consumer desktop model. On the rear panel cover is a funky RGB enabled design, with the creation logo being the centrepiece. This covers the large power delivery heatsink which features an extended design from around the MOSFETs, down the side of the memory slots and into the chipset heatsink. The X570 chipset heatsink also includes a cooling fan, while the two M.2 heatsinks are moulded into the board's design.
Across the PCI area is a PCB cover which gives the X570 Creation a premium look as it also blends into the aesthetic of the chipset heatsink. Included is three full-length PCIe 4.0 slots which run at x16, x8/x8, and x8/x8/x4 as well as four PCIe 4.0 x1 slots. This means that the X570 Creation supports up to three-way AMD CrossFire, and two-way NVIDIA SLI multi-graphics card configurations. The MSI Prestige X570 Creation is using a 14+2 power delivery with two 8-pin 12 V ATX CPU power inputs, and a single 24-pin 12 V ATX motherboard power input designed to power the board. Storage options include two PCIe 4.0 x4 M.2 slots, with six SATA ports. In the top-right hand corner are four memory slots with support for DDR4-4600, and up to 128 GB.
MSI's Prestige X570 Creation has one of the most impressive rear panels for USB 3.1 Gen2 connectivity. The X570 Creation has eleven USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-A, and a single USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C port. There's also two USB 2.0 ports and a PS/2 combo port. Also included are two Ethernet ports with one controlled by a 10 GbE Aquantia AQC107 NIC, with the other being controlled by an Intel I211-AT Gigabit NIC; also featured is an Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 wireless interface. The board's onboard audio is handled by a Realtek ALC1220 HD audio codec which gives users five 3.5 mm audio jacks and a S/PDIF optical output on the rear panel.
The MSI Prestige X570 Creation represents more elegant range directed towards content creators and professional users. Although this model is the only E-ATX sized offering from MSI at present on X570, the rear panel includes the most impressive selection of USB 3.1 G2 Type-A ports of any model on the chipset with a total of twelve; eleven Type-A and one Type-C. This coupled with a 14+2 phase power delivery, support for DDR4-4533, and an MSRP of $499, this could be the most attractive of all the higher-end X570 models at launch.
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Gastec - Saturday, July 13, 2019 - link
Have I been living under a rock in the last 5 years, when did the prices of motherboards doubled?Kougar - Monday, July 15, 2019 - link
Sincerely appreciate the multi-G table on the last page. Was thinking multi-gig would be more commonplace with this generation but guess I was wrong.So much useless stuff on these boards, would trade almost all of it and the Wifi in favor of just a 5G NIC. Not sure mobo manufacturers have realized just how many consumers/businesses have moved all those SATA drives out of the computer and into a NAS.
kri55 - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
Can you please post a picture from the back of this motherboard? I am thinking of buying this one and I want to watercool the chipset, so I need to know how the chipset radiator is fixed. If you could measure the distance between the mounting points it would be awesome.HideOut - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
Your prices apparently mean nothing. When you click no them they show much different results when you get to either neweggs or amazons sites.jamawass - Wednesday, July 17, 2019 - link
Does the ASUS Prime X570-Pro have USB 3.1 type A or Type C headers to connect to a case's USB ports?icf80 - Tuesday, July 23, 2019 - link
X570 AORUS ELITE WIFI, on the gigabyte site is says it has Wifi 5 and BT 4.2, but in the review it says it has Intel AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11ax wireless interface and BT 5.0. Check https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/X570-AORUS-EL...mike_bike_kite - Wednesday, July 24, 2019 - link
Can anybody summarise why you'd want an X570 board over one of the older boards ie X470? I know there's better overclocking support but, from all the reports I've read, these new Ryzens are near their max anyway. I know there's PCie4 support but does anyone own such a device? I know it has EEC memory support but why on earth do I need that? Why didn't this review tell us why we should want one of these new boards over the existing boards?I'm considering going all AMD with the 3700X 5700 though my current system (i5-3570K/1060 6GB/8GB RAM) is fairly snappy for what I do (mainly for 2D game development) but I'm just in the mood for a new PC. Smaller, quieter and more powerful would be nice and help justify the cost.
Bateluer - Wednesday, July 24, 2019 - link
The ASRock site lists the Steel Legend as having the ALC1220 chip, not the ALC1200 as noted in the AT table. https://www.asrock.com/MB/AMD/X570%20Steel%20Legen...enkov - Sunday, August 2, 2020 - link
To confirm from my X570 Steel legend - ALC1220 here. HWINFO64 says Audio Codec Hardware ID: HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_10EC&DEV_1220&SUBSYS_18492223&REV_1001croc - Thursday, July 25, 2019 - link
I find it appalling that no x570 MB has more than 4 DIMM slots, and only dual channel at that. No support for more than 64 GB ram, even on the 'workstation' MB's. For around 700 US I expect better. It should also be considered 'standard equipment' by this time for the M.2's to offer raid support. Really, as a retired professional, I feel raped by these prices and lack of professional features.