thatoneguy
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2025
The MSI X870E Tomahawk Wifi has largely been an excellent motherboard for me with a few minor niggles that keep it from being a 5 star board.Pros:Great Aesthetics (mostly)Generous selection of USB ports4x m.2 slotsDebug LEDCons:The first m.2 slot still has an ongoing bug where it drops to 1x pcie speedMemory Training feels extra slowCould use a few more Sata ports given the pricePea Green accents ruin otherwise slick aesthetics
N Ramiro
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2025
Honestly pleasently surprised with the motherboard. I had an MSI board ages ago that gave me a lot of issues but so far this has been nothing but great. Solid I/O, VERY nice UEFI interface (the best I've tried so far), and effortless OC.Building the system was super smooth, the motherboard has several little things like a button to release the first PCIe slot without having to fiddle with your fingers underneath your graphics card, and tool-less installation of M.2 SSDs.I think given the situation with some other brands having either terrible support (looking at you, ASUS), or literally killing CPUs, MSI is probably the most solid option this generation. And in a world of incredibly expensive motherboards, this is a pretty good value compared to others.
Allen
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2025
Have alot of really good features at a good price. I really like how the pcie bifurcation is set up so the nvme slot wont slow down the graphic card's lanes. there are some minor issues such as M.2_1 not running at full speed and the ethernet port not working unless set to 2.5 Gbps, but hopefully those can be fixed with a new bios
MW
Reviewed in Canada on February 28, 2025
Pros:- Good looking- Lots of features- No issues putting everything together. All the connections are easily accessible. Comparing to X870 version, there is a ARGB spot at the upper right corner which makes connecting CPU cooler way easier.- Bios is easy to use- No stability issues as long as you don't undervolt.Cons:- Bugging bios (on the internet people are complaining about issues with USB, cyclic booting with the latest bios).- Had a few issues booting usb for windows installation- There seems to be stability issues with undervolting 9800x3D. I thought it was silicon quality of my CPU, so I exchanged it. After getting a second CPU, same thing, whenever I set curve optimizer to more than -10, it would fail AIDA 64 stress test. Looks like there are a few other people experiencing the same issues as well. It seems the Aorus boards are not having this issue.Overall this is a great motherboard if you want to build a 9800x3d gaming rig. I would recommend it.
Jonathan Brillinger
Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2025
Paired with a 9800X3D, seems stable so far. Didn't even need to update the BIOS out of the box (was on latest version from Jan 2025).
TM
Reviewed in Canada on February 17, 2025
smart packaging, A very heavy duty motherboard. Appears to be high a high quality product designed to perform and to last. Very pleased.