The MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI Intel Motherboard | Unboxing, Installation, BIOS, & Review

Intel has released their new 13th generation CPUs and associated chipset motherboards and the Z790 chipset presented by MSI is here for testing. Here, I go ahead do an overview of the MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI Motherboard, installation with a build, and overview of the BIOS.

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0:00 Intro
1:53 Unboxing & First Looks
19:00 Installation & Build Process
24:56 BIOS Walkthrough
36:04 Final Thoughts

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[coldgarden_]

Great review! I love this board. I have the ddr5 version.

[andrewsievert]

I'm so glad you mentioned the box didn't come with a seal. I just bought this same mobo but ddr5 version, and was very concerned about it not having a seal when I unboxed mine. This is my first build with an MSI mobo.

[JamWellMoto]

This motherboard arrived at my porch today and when i opened it up I was worried by the rattling noises so I looked up a video... BINGO. 6:00 Thanks for posting!

[peterstevens]

Great review, nice to have this motherboard in my bedroom as I don't need RGB Lights! Anyway, good afternoon from Auckland, New Zealand. 🙂🙂🙂

[BenjaminToole-leyd]

Great video with thorough explanation and description. Might be a silly question, but does this MB support AMD Ryzen 9 processors? TIA.

[Ipsissimus]

Hey, thanks for this video. Helped me install it.

[nextplease]

Hi mate, got a question, them EZ lights will come on every pc startup in same order? Red, orange and white? as shown on your video at 24:20 ?

[tictactoe]

Very helpful for first timer like me, thank you!

[jeffclark]

Good video mate. You say "actually" a LOT!

[shoktroop]

Thank you for creating this video. It is simple, detailed and helped me greatly! Thank you !

[akarocket]

I've only ever purchased ASUS and Gigabyte motherboards so I had no idea how MSI's motherboard BIOS would look like. Good to see your review of this motherboard because I just purchased this but haven't had a chance to put everything together yet.

[Sidreee]

Dang youtube didnt recommend this for me until now but im glad you finally got this review out! Im getting this board as well, fits all my needs when I get my rig. Thanks for the review!

Also question, it is known for msi boards with 13thgen that the cpu will get really hot at stock settings while running like cinebench and the solution was to change lite load it from mode 12 and lower. What does Auto mean for that option? I would want to set the best undervolt for my 13600k instead of lite load so is that how you would disable it?

[michaeld]

In the video, you only connected the first 8 pin power supply despite there being double that. Are you not required to connect all 16?

[ogama]

I'm not a computer whiz, but I managed to install my new z970 max wifi. However I cannot get. The wifi to work and bios says cpu is only running 2.2 ghz. What have I done wro g?

[allcore]

Just bought mine and had the same exact concern when it wasn’t sealed

[ThisOLmaan]

2:33 seeing the Box read it supports DDR4 -5333MHz does it mean i be able to use my current DDR4 Sticks at 3200MHz ? was looking to buy this board for a i7-13700K or KF. Also since you mention flashing Bios the B4 building the PC does the Board having LED Light indicators on the Board to inform you the boards doing it's Bios installation??? even if not can always just use a USB with a LED Light indicator.

[nikd]

quick question, I'm new to pc building. I'm thinking of getting this board but am looking at reviews and some people say there PCH temps are rather high. could you tell me exactly where is the PCH on this board? thanks

[brotroydavis]

Got a dell xps mid tower and seems to small to hold this mobo....here to see if im doing something wrong

[chills_tiny_mom]

Do you happen to know the storage capacity of the thumbdrive? could I use it to flash a BIOS update from their website?

[MikeKing]

18:00 Also, this arrow for processor orientation is not marked on the motherboard. I only found it on that plastic cover of the socket