Note: My reviews are always in-depth, and aimed at experienced users in the tech community. You can ignore the rest if you're a normal person lol.
------ Components ------ New: MSI X570 Pro A, Ryzen 2700 3.2GHz CPU, 32GB DDR4 3200 GSkill Ripjaws SDRAM, Intel 660P 1TB NVMe m.280 SSD.
Incoming: Asus GeForce GTX 1660 Evo GPU [DUAL-GTX1660S-O6G-EVO]
Old: Phanteks Enthoo Pro M case, Thermaltake TPD-750M PS, Silverstone TD02-Lite cooler, various system fans, cables, drives [HDD, SSD, optical].
------ Resume ------ 30+ year IT veteran. I've built literally hundreds of PCs over the years. I was a retail system builder in the early days of PCs, and corporate in my middle IT period. I still consult.
------ Build Background ------ So. My old FX-based AM3 system had been exhibiting "issues" [random system shut-downs & failure to respond to power up] for many months. As I had an almost equally capable FX-based workstation, my PC workstation situation was dire, but not critical [I'm a consultant, so I always have several "lesser-but-working" alternatives to my main workstation].
I hadn't had time to do the necessary "deep-dive" troubleshooting to determine the problem... and none of my usual bag-o'-tricks were effective. I mean, I highly suspected a heat issue of some sort, but my testing results were always ambiguous.
I was hoping to get a couple of more years before a new build, but...
Then, a client asked me to do a "super-build" for her over BF... so I took the opportunity to purchase the minimal [and least expensive] components to upgrade the existing build to current tech [and it's always nice to have spares for comparison testing when you do a new build].
------ Build issues ------ As always, I tested everything – including the MSI X570-A mainboard – "out of the box". Which meant testing components for two systems: my client's brand new build, and my re-build.
Note: For the client system, I used better spec'ed components... she had a much higher budget than I did LOL.
... I built the client's system first... and rebuilt my "old" workstation afterwards [note: adding core components over an existing build is more complicated – and takes more time – than starting from a clean slate].
I had zero issues with any components during testing, and build.
------ Result, impressions, and a surprise "solution to previous problem" ------ The mostly new AM4 re-build is a significant upgrade over the older AM3 system... the new Ryzen/AMD tech is more, umm, "fluid" in use, if you will. And faster, of course.
Note: For business oriented workstations, "fast" is a relative term. With the adoption of SSD's a few years back – and the concomitant productivity gains – speed has simply not been a problem for office level equipment.
The "surprise" bit is: I discovered the specific cause of the problems on the [now defunct] AM3 system.
As it turned out... even using new core components, I was still getting random power-offs.
... so the problem was NOT the mainboard, memory, or CPU.
My speculation at that point quickly centered on my older XFX R9 380 graphics card... which was easily swapped out with the new R580 in my client's PC.
And.
No more random power downs... the symptoms were [and had been] caused by excessive temps in the GPU.
[It turns out that overheating in R9 380/390 series GPUs is a known issue, especially as those cards have aged.]
...hence, the incoming Asus GTX 1660 Super GPU mentioned early in the review.
The good is... I suppose I can buy an inexpensive case and power supply, and maybe a new GPU [I haven't tried sorting out WHY it's overheating... and I've read suggestions that replacing the heat paste my fix things] and pretty much have another backup workstation. The jury is still out on that LOL... for now, I'm putting the old, still good components back in their boxes [yeah: I keep empty component boxes lol].
------ Criticisms, potential issues ------ Early system builder critiques focused on BIOS issues... this is kind of expected in new releases of major chipset-tech introductions [which the X570-series qualifies as], and my experience was with a mature BIOS [late Nov 2019 version]... so I regard early reviews as irrelevant.
Pro reviewers of the MSI X570-A Pro board mainly focused on weaknesses in the VRM components and tech on the board, and the potentially inadequate heat-sinks. And I suppose if I was a gamer planning on over-clocking, I might have opted for the more expensive [by about $40] MSI Gaming rendition board used in my client build... but this was a budget interim build [that put off by 2-3 years my next tech build], so potential weaknesses overclocking wasn't of particular concern.
------ Final thoughts ------ I've closely monitored system temps [chipset, CPU, system, and GPU] via various AMD and MSI utilities like a hawk since the build went live... and the only problem was with my old, soon-to-be-replaced graphics card. Power up has been 24x7 with no new-component issues.
Of interest to tech pro's is that I schlepped the existing boot NVMe m.280 onto the board... and [wonder-of-wonders] the existing Windows 10 Pro install [first boot of which was in 2016] had ZERO problems.
I logged in, W10 thought about it for a minute or two, asked for a single restart, and the restart was gold.
I was suspicious that replacing the mainboard, memory, and CPU didn't at least have licensing issues [if you've been around long enough, you know how picky Microsoft's activation algorithm's can be]... but... nothing. No issues. I didn't have to reactivate. Even the subsequent change GPU's didn't cause a problem.
... I think that was the one thing in the rebuild process that did actually come as a total "my-how-things-have-changed" surprise LOL.
Anyways. As always, I'll update for any significant changes that trigger the need to reprise this review.
Is the MSI X570 a pro good for gaming?
Sourced from high quality components, built with precision manufacturing, and rigorously tested for stability, MSI motherboards are sure to last even under high performance loads and gaming conditions.
Does MSI X570 a pro support Ryzen 5000?
Yes. All X570 motherboards support Ryzen 5000-series processors. If you mean the ASUS Prime X570-Pro, it's a good motherboard, especially if you need 4 10Gbps USB ports, and/or 6 PCIe 4.0 slots, though it's very unlikely you'll actually need these, and it's often a bit overpriced.
Is an X570 motherboard worth it?
If you want to build a rig using a high-end processor like the Ryzen 9, the X570 chipset is a perfect choice. But if it's a mid to low-level processor, it is more practical to go with the B550.
Which MSI board is best?
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