MSI MEG Z890 Ace Review – so many features!

1. MSI MEG Z890 Ace - Only the wealthy need apply2. Performance and Testing: System3. Performance and Testing: Gaming4. Closing Thoughts5. View All Pages

This review of the MSI MEG Z890 Ace is KitGuru's first review of a motherboard for Core Ultra 200S and it is impossible to separate our view of the Intel CPUs, which leave us somewhat unimpressed from the motherboard which is a good piece of hardware.

In many respects MSI has done a job which is too good as we struggle to imagine many customers who are so keen on Intel Core Ultra 9 285K that they are happy to lay out over £600 on this motherboard.

Certainly we can imagine the MEG Z890 Ace sitting at the heart of a workstation, and that will likely take best advantage of the 10Gbps Ethernet and Thunderbolt 4 ports but even there we have issues. The VRM is massivley over-specified for a 250W CPU, you don't need the extra power connectors, you certainly don't require RGB and neither do you require a complicated BIOS.

MSI could cut back in a number of areas and the Ace would still do a perfectly decent job.

You can buy the MSI MEG Z890 Ace for £639.98 HERE.

Pros:

• Solid quality and an epic VRM
• Dual Thunderbolt 4 and loads of USB
• 10 Gb/sec Ethernet and Wi-Fi 7

Cons:

• Extremely high price
• Lane sharing for M.2 and PCIe is annoying

KitGuru says: The MSI MEG Z890 Ace outshines Intel Core Ultra 200S in almost every regard.

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