MSI MAG X870E Tomahawk WiFi Motherboard, ATX - Supports AMD Ryzen 9000/8000 / 7000 Processors, AM5-80A SPS VRM, DDR5 Memory Boost 8400+ MT/s (OC), PCIe 5.0 x16, M.2 Gen5, Wi-Fi 7, 5G LAN (Renewed)

It's always a risk to buy "renewed" because one does not know if the "renewing" was done by specialized professionals. That said, for $220, I figured this was too good of a deal to pass on. Bit the bullet and placed the order. It took a whopping three weeks to receive the board. I have to mention that over the last 25 years, the only boards I used to assemble PCs were from ASUS. But nowadays, ASUS motherboards are ridiculously overpriced, and my last AM4 board from them (ROG Crosshair VIII X570) had a bunch of quality issues, blew a capacitor and shorted a regulator. I spent $320 USD on that board back in 2019, and I had to fiddle with it for over 6 years to get it somewhat stable. MSI has been working hard to position itself as a quality brand. Last year I bought an MPG Noir PCIe 5 PSU (CWT OEM), which is an amazing unit, so I thought I should give MSI my money instead of ASUS. Assembly was straightforward. The board feels heavy and build quality is excellent. The first and last NVMe slots have an easy release and locking mechanism, which helps a lot when installing drives. During assembly, I noticed the protective film on the thermal pads was missing—a sign that the board had in fact been used before. Once assembled with my 9600X and 32GB of Micron DDR5 6400 RAM, the system booted right up. I only had to set AMD EXPO to get the RAM to 6400MHz. The board shipped with UEFI from June 2025 (7E59v2A60), despite at least 5 subsequent releases being available (latest is Sept 2025 at the time of writing). This and the missing protective film from the SSD thermal pads makes me conclude that the "renewed" label from Amazon is not correct. These are simply used boards that were returned, inspected and found working. No actual "renewing" has been done. At first, POST was slow. I found the UEFI is not as polished as the ones from ASUS. After adjusting several options in the UEFI, I got it booting fairly quickly. No issues with drivers. Mainly AMD chipset drivers, Realtek LAN, and ALC4080 USB audio. The wifi-bluetooth combo is from Qualcomm, but I won't use them that much. The Good: Build Quality is excellent, very good heatsinks and as a bonus, it also looks nice. Eight layer PCB. Post code display AND diagnostic leds. This should be standard on any board. Plenty of connectivity options, fan headers and rgb connectors if that's your thing. Easy-release NVMe mechanisms are a major plus. Working front USB-C 20Gb/sec. Yes, the USB implementation is solid. Besides that, there are also TWO USB 3.2 gen1 headers for front USB ports. Lane sharing issues practically non existent: Only nvme slot M.2_2 is shared with the back USB4 40Gb ports. If you do not populate the m.2_2 slot, there is no lane sharing on this board. Likewise, if you do not use the USB 4.0 ports, you can disable them and have the m.2_2 slot full speed. The not-so-good: I would have liked a more premium audio implementation. The ALC4080 is just a plain audio chip. While generic Realtek drivers work, there is no APO—so no Dolby, DTS, or Nahimic if that's what you are looking for. UEFI Layout is somewhat disorganized. Some options that you would expect in the side menu (profiles, hardware monitor) are on top in separate screens. This is counterintuitive. A clear menu structure with sub menus is preferred. Fan Header Discrepancy: The CPU fan and system fan connectors behave differently. I have a 360 AIO and connected the first fan to the CPU fan connector, the rest to the system fan headers. Even if I assign the system fan headers to the CPU (in the UEFI), the fan on the "CPU" connector spins 30% slower than the fans connected to the system connectors. BIOS Flashing requires a reboot first to boot into the actual flashing utility. "Memory Try It" does not have any profiles for DDR5 6400 CL32. Not a biggie but could be improved. Memory compatibilty is OK but this board is not a speed champion when it comes to memory. Memory latency for my build is currently at 64ns, even after tweaking some settings in the uefi. Can be better. "Renewed" or is it? As said, this is just a used board, tested and resold. No actual renewing has been done. They didn't even bother to update the firmware. "Renewed" means that the item is brought back to "new" state. With this board, that is clearly not the case.

This board is probably overkill, but I got a VERY decent price over the holiday- cheaper than I imagined. The board has TWO PCIE 5.0 lanes for NvME gum sticks and Wi-Fi 7. Wi-Fi 7 is not available in my area yet, so this board's real capability won't be testable for a while. Assembly and start up was super easy (my 10th build?). Recommended for shade tree video editing and serious gamers. Setting up the AMD CPU and RTX 5070Ti took a bit of research, but is still very reasonable.

I have built many systems from Intel Core Ultra to AMD 9950x the MSI x870 and z890 Tomahawk motherboards never disappoint. Just a tip, as soon as you received the motherboard immediately do a BIOS flash to the latest version before you even populate the board with components. The BIOS flash USB port and push button make updating BIOS in as little as 5 minutes. The external Clear CMOS button help with experimentation mishaps to clear it back to factory default. The price of Tomahawk is reasonable and affordable.

I was nervous about buying a refurbished mobo because my last one turned out to be garbage (another sales place). I searched reviews for this board and the seller. All were excellent plus I had Amazon's 30-day return guarantee. I took a chance. Board arrived on schedule. Very easy install except the EZ Plug. My case header plugs would not seat well against the EZ Plug, so I just put them directly on the headers (HDD LED, Power, etc). Out of the box, this thing has worked almost flawlessly. The only issue I am having is one NVMe card is not being recognized. It is most likely that I did not delete/format it before my build. It has the old OS on it and I thought I wiped it. This is not an issue with this board. Pros: Saved $70 vs buying new Everything worked out of the box Driver installs and updates were super simple No USB or audio issues like my other board All performance is equal or better with this X870E chipset Cons (take these loosely because they pertain to me specifically) X870E is probably insanely overkill for my needs Could have saved about $50 going with a lesser chipset EZ Plug is not so easy with my case connectors One NVMe not being recognized

Excellent product. It has improved my PC a lot!!!

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