Is it truly GODLIKE? - MSI Z690 Motherboards
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This motherboard costs over $2000. Why does it cost that much? Is it genuinely GODLIKE? Anthony takes a look at MSI's most expensive consumer motherboard for the Z690 line, but you might want to take a look at something else.
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Love how it lists being compatible with Celeron processors, the natural CPU companion to a board at this price point.
If you spend all you money on a motherboard and you still need a CPU then a Celeron it is.
I want to get that now just as a really stupid joke
Feels like it would be a cheap way to get a test cpu for troubleshooting
@@mattallen8542 point made, point taken!
Could be good for bios flashing
I really want to see a COMPENSATOR build made with this. And a build with every slot and IO port occupied no matter the practicality. And one with a Celeron processor.
Up vote this people!!
@@hellzone102 this isn't reddit
@@rhebucks_zh isn’t it?
@@johnford902 the dislike count isn't seen, why not make it a like proportion with like dislike on a big portion of the unused side
@@rhebucks_zh no one said it was!🤷♀️
This would pair perfectly with a Celeron G6900.
nice.
with ddr5 running at 6900mt/s
Nice
With 3 RTX 3090s 🤣
@@FriedChairs GodLike cpu bottleneck
Anthony has grown such an awesome personality on camera now that he’s comfortable. And the voices and editing was on point whoever did this video killed it.
there is no such thing as a dragon army veteran that is not awesome
It's been fun to watch him "blossom" on the channel. It doesn't seem that long ago that he was this quiet background tech guy who always seemed shy and uncomfortable whenever Linus would drag him out and force him to be on camera. 😋
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How dare you talk about his growth!
This comment aged like milk 💀
I love how they mentioned it supports Celeron processors. Yup people are definitely gonna want to put a Celeron into this motherboard
When you are motherboard poor.
It's probably a requirement from Intel
If I had the money, I would do it just for fun for a whole day
no
It needs to support Celeron when supporting 12th gen CPUs
I love how everyone loves Anthony. He's so much fun, smart, and seems so sweet.
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did you mean sweat
and loves to throw punches at Nintendo and NVIDIA :p
Why do you think that is? It is because his "amazing" personality or it is more likely because a lot of computer geeks can "relate" to him?
@@Ryan_DeWitt I think it's both. you know, there's always that one person that everyone likes. That's just him :)
Have you guys tried using every single port in a motherboard? It would be cool to see everything connected and working
Yea I use almost every port on my Asus prime x570-pro there are IO limits so it doesn’t work quite like that in many cases
It'd be funny to see a ridiculous over the top build with this board, multiple graphics cards, every m.2 slot filled with crazy fast drives, fastest ram available, and the lowest spec processor possible.
If I'm paying 2G for a mobo I expect it to support cpus from the distant future
I better be able to run myself as the CPU at that point
Haha, from Intel? Keep dreaming...
You'll take 13th gen and like it!
I expect it to be a fucking functioning computer with storage, GPU, CPU and RAM straight out the gate for 2 grand
That's not how it works. So no
I thought they were out of their minds when i heard about this. Honestly though, with all those board features + memory + water cooling bits + limited run "prestige", this isn't nearly as overpriced as it seems at first glance.
Agreed. I expected to laugh at it, but with everything it has, it's pretty close to worth the price. No chance to afford it, but not a scam for what you get, which is, apperently, everything.
That's what I was thinking too. While very expensive, with retail prices on DDR5, including a cooler, plus a very high end board, it isn't near as bad as what you first think.
For all it's perks and features it is not unreasonable especially if you are someone who saves up for a once in a few years epic over the top build.
@@christophermzdenek the added ram and cooler certainly put the price a little more into perspective, but its still about 2x the price it should be. they showed the $600 board has basically everything this board has except the 10g lan and 1 less m2 slot (and who needs 5 let alone 6). i wouldnt buy this simply because i dont want their crappy water cooler when i already have an nh-d15, but even if they took that out id not pay more than ~$850 for this, id just get the $600 one, or even another step down from it instead.
@@iris4547 I mostly agree. This was made for either someone with a rather specific use case scenerio in mind, and those with more money than sense. With those two groups in mind, at least it's not a complete rip off. It's a solid product for it's price. One that I would never consider, but I can appreciate it. Simalar to having no way of, or desire to own a Lambo..., but I can appreciate the cost of it's engineering.
I actually use the optical port on my motherboard for some speakers that were meant for a TV originally because HDMI makes me have a display connected and on
Also to note toslink has a bandwidth cap of 96khz for most devices while hdmi has like 256/328. This is of course treading on audiophile/snake oil bandwidth for audio
@@khyododev766 I was wondering why the highest quality it would take and still play audio was 96khz
I have the same problem, I"m using my PC with my 5.1 System. It's ass that there's no functionality to only transfer audio, always have to deal with the additional Monitor in Windows.
@@khyododev766 not even worth going beyond 48 tbh
You can get an HDMI ghost adapter for $10 if you do want to use HDMI audio without actually plugging it in to a monitor
Anthony is my favorite tech reviewer on TH-cam. His enthusiasm and joy makes for great videos.
Woooooow. It was only 7 years ago that MSI's top tier GODLIKE board was like $600-$700.
Back in the before time, when GPUs sold at or under MSRP.
Which is still ridiculous, but at least slightly realistic for a high-high end build.
My MSI X99A Godlike Gaming Carbon was about 600 Euros and I thought that was expensive... Mainboards are now more expensive than the top tier CPU for it. At least in the "mainstream" market. Thats crazy...
why did they become so expensive
God has changed.
I want to see them build a PC in the motherboard box. 😂
2:20 That was basically one of the best "Army Chad" impression ever lmaooooo
I haven’t seen a lot of LTT videos hosted by Anthony, so I’m seeing drastic improvements in his personality in presentation, I love it. Also that frame bracket thing bending really hurt me lmao.
a good old fashion unboxing and I still enjoyed it 10 years later
Are you from the future?
@@DizzyBusy no, celeron is from the past.
At this point, If I see a thumbnail with Anthony on it I'm just going to immediately click on it. This guy is basically becoming a legend and he's earned it.
In before Linus uses this motherboard for his new server PC at the new house. Still, we get more Anthony on ShortCircuit, so I was already all-in.
Linus needs MSI and Intel to buy him a new house to put it in. The current one is looking pretty old.
Intel don't live in Canada so that's not going to happen.🤭 Intel would need citizen ship first to buy a house there.
@@Bigdog1787 I mean Linus using it in his new house.
@@illustriouschin For Real. His house will be outdated by the time he moves in. At least that's how it felt
I like how everything is covered.
It makes me feel safe from accidentally do something to the board that I did not intend to do.
I want it to be on every MB like that (of course removable).
man, the motherboard better have wings. It's more expensive than 2 x my entire pc
Give it red bull
But... why would you need wings? Wouldnt it be better if it had build in power plant?
This board is 1/4th my build but it's still egregious as fuck. No motherboard should be more than 100-125% of the cost of the absolute best CPU it can carry/utilize.
@@Shyvorix your build is over $8000? is that the whole setup with monitors included etc.?
@@jamietheweeb487 Nah, with the monitors and all peripherals it's over 10k. 3090 Strix + 5950x + Crosshair VIII Xtreme + almost 8tb of SSD-only storage, 2tb M.2 rest is all 860 and 870 Pro SSDs. Tons of Lian Li fans in a 5000X and a Corsair RM1000x with fully custom cables.
Videos with Anthony are just something else! Love this dude😁
$2100, has TWO USB Type-C ports, and only supports 15W charging? Doesn't Thunderbolt 4 (or USB-C for that matter) spec a MINIMUM of 60W? If I'm getting two type C ports, which in and of itself is a miracle, I want my wall-wart-level 60W or 100W charging, dammit! Although, to be fair, that would require a 1500W+ power supply if you're using a 3090 and a 12900 on this...
How does home appliances use less and less energy, but GPUs use more and more power?
No not at all. Type C is just the port shape. It could be 5W charging and NO datalines, but still be usb type C.
Wether its USB 3.2X2 or whatever the USB has renamed 10gig to.... is separate
Those higher USB-C wattages are at higher voltages than 12V which would require a large amount of circuitry to drive
Type C is just the connector type, nothing related to the power and data specifications.
@@ilovefunnyamv2nd those type c ports are real Thunderbolt 4 ports. This motherboard doesn't have a thunderbolt header to optionally add on the thunderbolt ports. If you compare the thunderbolt ports on this motherboard to something like ASUS's ThunderboltEX4 expansion card, ASUS does support 100W charging.
1) I'm in for the cable markers - maybe do them made of velcro or something to have them reusable / repositionable ?
2) The "Fresh Electronic" smell - I'm even more into that!!
"Fresh Electronic smell", not my 6800XT though
This shows how the hell industry is stagnating. No new ideas so fill a huge box with landfill and tack on another $1000.
i mean they've been doing the godlike series for years now
Mobos nowadays look so fugly. So bulky like they were invented in 1874.
@@fynkozari9271 You must be smoking so good stuff saying that.
With a price like that i'd expect it to come with a secondary backup cpu
When Anthony is peeling the film off and the updesk starts to rise... and then you realise its not actually an updesk 😶
I remember when the highest end Asus Maximus boards where like 250 bucks and people said that was a stupid price for a motherboard... man do I long back to those days xD
Mee too. I remembered Asus had a $350 mobo and everybody went wild!
now even motherboards are more than my entire pc. man the shortages really get weird
I like this guy, I’m glad he does his own vids like this.
Their MEG X570 Godlike was like $700. I don't understand what justifies suddenly tripling the price in one generation?? Even their "reasonable top-tier" board is the price of the insane one before
Because they can and people will still pay it because they have no self control.
Because it isn’t directly comparable.
probably because it comes with ddr5 memory and a 240(or 280?)mm radiator.
I wonder how much it would be without those included
And its a one off, limited supply. So it's just maybe to showcase, what might be normal in future motherboard, R&D stuff. Someone will still buy it just because. Kinda just a win-win for MSI.
@@Chris_Garman They are the same people that buy annually or whenever there's a new thing and complains that they have no money and stuff are overpriced.
It's really cool to see Anthony's confidence as a presenter grow since he first started with LTT. Been the favorite presenter since and still is now.
1:28 An integrated Aquantia 10GbE NIC is spicy, but the Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master does that for less than a quarter the price.... Haha
How is that not an Intel 10GbE NIC on a $2k board.
When did Intel become a name in 10GbE? In the server realm, Intel and Aquantia/Marvell were always the de facto budget options. Few of their offerings have strong standards support, offloading, or memory capability at all. Aquantia at least has surprisingly good support with regular firmware updates all the way back to their 100 series, whereas Intel seemingly bifurcated their hardware stack.
Where are the better controllers? Chelsio or Mellanox, perhaps? Granted, home users won't realize the benefits, but these boards are dual PHY populated. Why not offer memory for offloading?
That said, I'm certain the answer is RJ45 PHY is far too laggy for anything serious, so anyone running RJ45 ethernet won't notice our cheap Aquantia or Intel controllers. =/
1:00 "I dont need to squint" *proceeds to squint so hard you cant tell if his eyes are closed*
That motherboard costs more than my build that I recently upgraded with a 3070. Yes that includes the cost of the said 3070.
Exactly, I got 5800x with 3070, 1TB NVME and everything, all for right about the same money.
How much did u pay rtx 3070? The price dropped?
@@fynkozari9271 well you can get a 3080ti off newegg for $1,600 but that's rolling the dice on newegg....
@@fynkozari9271 $550 from EVGA's queue about a year ago.
I’d buy my graphics cards from Evga
That I/O and m.2 tho!
I am glad PC motherboards are starting to have more m.2 slots and 2 thunderbolt ports.
It's kind of sad when a company tries to cram so many PCIe devices on an Intel board.
Why? Intel typically has way more pcie lanes than AMD so can actually them all at full speed.
right, although alder lake has quite a lot of pcie bandwidth for a consumer board (with prosumer pricing) it's really not enough to do these setups, would much rather see them on a proper workstation board
@@oxfordsparky Intel 12th gen only has 16x PCIe Gen 5 lanes and 4x Gen 4 lanes... The only boards that Intel and AMD have that have more than 20 to 24 lanes are Xeon/Threadripper which is where multiple pcie slots are actually very useful. Otherwise...not really useful at all unless you just wanna run your GPU and a sound card but sound cards are borderline obsolete except for niche use.
The voice that comes out and says ''problem with the graphics card'' during the bios could actually be a feature that I would like to see on motherboard, this could help a lot with troubleshooting.
Okay, Anthony is such a cool person. I always loves his style of commentary. He seems just like what a trusted friend supposed to be.
"You dont even need to squink" meanwhile he proceeds to read with his eyes basically closed.
Anthony saying "GODLIKE!!!!!" is soooo perfect 😋
The "Quiet on set indeed" as you heard someone yelling from the other studio room was friggen awesome.
I use the test bench stand things for my overclocking rig so I can swap ram and cpus out easy. They work but they're pretty janky if you don't use the fan to help keep them together.
Nice to have if you have a use but I wouldn't use them to set up the motherboard for testing before building your rig. You can just put the mobo on the box and make it take 20 minutes less setup time lol
So you own one of these?
I guess it performs really well and it has a lot of features. Like 20 phase is about as good as it gets but my question is, if you spend that much on a motherboard, du you really use the included AIO and RAM? I'd imagine that at least 90% of the people who bought that gonna do a custom loop and want some more esthetic RAM. Does the RAM at least perform well?
Sry, I just have so many questions about that board.
@@CrazyGuitarTV nooo they came with my b550 Unify-X I use for AMD benching. I really wouldn't buy the godlike even for Extreme overclocking. I'd get something with only one dimm per channel and actually useful features for OC.
I'm not sure if it would be feasible, but I think it's a cool idea: a little series on this channel where each episode a component (or two) is unboxed for a PC build so the finale is the final build!
You inspire me! Gems on motherboards = next-level.
The Vocal effect and impact of the "GODLIKE!" is just *Chefs Kiss^ perfect.
Most MB manufacturers: "Let's make something to help our customers, and be beneficial to them." MSI: "Let's make KITT from Knight Rider into a motherboard."
The reason that motherboards still have TOSLINK is because it’s the best way to connect RCA speakers to a PC without any external equipment. If you’ve got some RCA speakers, you ideally want to give them an original analogue signal, so TOSLINK is the best option for most digital interfaces. RCA speakers have been the go to for vinyl and hifi enthusiasts for decades, so it makes sense to maintain compatibility with them even now that most folks use USB or phono speakers.
Those audio enthusiasts are a big market, so the small expense of a TOSLINK connector on a board is worth it.
So yeah, in short, it is kinda weird that mobos still have TOSLINK, but it’s definitely got it’s purpose especially in audio production and enthusiast audio listening circles, who are also coincidentally a very big spending market for computer hardware
If you want a good X570 board I can personally recommend the MSI Prestige Creation. Really great looking and solid board and honestly the I/O is sexy
Can confirm. Bought specifically for a VR build (Vive pro wireless with 10 point FBT). Sooooo many usb ports, and the 10g is nice as well.
Rocking this board myself with a 5950x and can say it's a brilliant, stable board, that looks really good too IMHO.
bro you just made every man's reason behind buying expensive shit- "its stupid.....but i want it"!!! love it broham!!!
Anthony is such a great presenter. Love all the extra screen time he's been getting over the years
Hey @Anthony, not sure if you'll see this or not but I wanted to just say you've come a long way since you first started appearing on LTT videos. I happened to pick up a used 2070 Super recently and I went back and watched your video about them. The video was fine and all, and just as educational as I expect from any LTT video, but it's clear that you're so much more confident on camera now a days. Keep on making the great content! Thanks
I'm confused, why is it weird for a MB to have TOSLINK? Most 2.0/2.1 audio systems still have TOSLINK as well, and it works perfectly well.
I think most of us don't even bother with the on board audio and just use the hdmi out. Back when I did though, toslink went to my wireless headset transmitter. Loved it
I don't think TOSLINK is common on PC motherboards.
@@yjk_music Quick Research on the German market:
It's available on 47 out of 61 X570 boards.
It's available on 61 out of 86 Z690 boards.
So, at least at the top chipsets it is still very common (>70%).
I'd actually be tempted to buy this if everytime I powered on the board it played the sound of Anthony saying "GoDLiKe"
But if its over 2k and doesn't include visionary features like the one I mentioned above can it really even be called "bleeding edge tech"???
I had to rma a gigabyte b660 and had the option of another working b660 of the same model or a msi z690 at ten gbp more, the online place had two 12th gen ddr4 boards to pick from at the time. I know it's over kill for a 12400f but it's well worth 150 gbp and made zero sense not to pay the extra. Can always upgrade chip to next one's if socket supports as well 😀..
Ive heard MSI has really good customer support, was your experience with them good?
Since this is Intel, the board will be OK for current 12th gen and future 13-ish but they don't like to miss out on profit.
@@stephen1r2 yeah historically they do the sockets in groups of 2 generations and then change
2:49 Gazing upon the Godlike motherboard, Anthony now finds himself with powers exceeding that of any human.
"Oh no its a sponsored video!"
15s later: "we should copy that onto our store"
"Another thing that may not justify the price" said about your sponsor while the "sponsored by" tag appears on screen is why Anthony is the best presenter.
id love to see a vid show if the motherboard actually makes a difference in performance these days
they did one not too long ago
it doesn't, unless you run into power delivery issues most mobos shouldn't have more than a few % difference depending on the benchmarks
Sell things with the "Unboxed by....." tag and signature. Makes that one of the thing unique.
Linus;"Do you know what is also "godlike? This LTT water bottle".
5:35
It's not weird at all to have toslink, it is perfectly usable for stereo audio.
Now this is how you do a "halo" product. It really is the super car of motherboards.
Keep the optical audio connection. I would like to continue using my headset!
Anthony is really U N S T O P P A B L E in this episode!
now that is a great comment!
seems like his R A M P A G E inspired you
you can get this for about 1200 now, with the DDR5 RAM, AIO, Built in Display, DIY test bench, and all new top end connection ports... its honestly not that bad of a deal
I lost it at "One board to rule them all." Talk about geeking out... :-P
oh shut up, you know we loved it lol
@@ilovefunnyamv2nd Hey, I'm talking about ME geeking out. Was too funny.
from the thumbnail alone i can confidently say: yes, Anthony is godlike...
making the 600$ board a "good deal" by making a 2100$ board, its should be 400 for the godlike and 300 for the mag
“Weird that motherboards still have [optical] TOSLINK isn’t it?”
…Why the hell would it not? It’s the only noise-free way to get audio out of a computer, provided it’s being reclocked somewhere. Unless you’re gonna try and implement I2S, I don’t see a more up-to-date alternative.
well i got here quick jesus christ
Your always quick. Like 30 secs
@@jonathantolbert4176 ?
This is my first ever comment on this channel what do you mean
Weird about having TOSLINK? That is literally a deciding factor when I buy a motherboard. My amp (5.1 channel) has 3 inputs, Toslink, 3.5 stereo and a coaxial. Therefore digital audio without interference is the only sensible option.
I mean, it's not that overpriced anymore when you consider the cpu cooler and the ram they give you in the box as well. those two together are likely around 700-800$ already, so the motherboard is more around the 1200$ mark. still a lot, but far from overly extreme as I've seen a couple in that price range already.
What's weird about TOSLink? It's a good way to get digital audio out.
Honestly msi has been killing it with z690 boards
His "GODLIKE" voice effect has to be the ported to a fighting game's high hit combo, with his face panning in from the player's side of the screen
3:18... Does it come with a Testbench? Mate, it better come with an entire damn PC for that price?
> It's weird that motherboards still have TOSLINK, isn't it?
*looks nervously at his bookshelf speakers set to optical input*
I've always been strongly of the opinion that for noise reasons you should keep your analog signal paths as short as possible, and put your A-D/D-A conversions close as you can to the analog sink/source. The most effective way to eliminate analog noise - more impact than all the shielding in the world - is to put as much distance as you can between the conversion and the other high-density, high-speed digital signals on the motherboard. I don't give a toss about 7.1 channel analog line-level outputs (honestly, who isn't using an HDMI-equipped receiver for surround sound these days?) but TOSLINK is a make-or-break feature for me.
That thing you bend is a cable cover. You put these on the sides of your motherboard to cover up the CPU and 24-pin ATX connectors.
For that price it should come with an Anthony inside the Box!
5:36 "its weird that motherboards still have toes link" its toslink my dude.
I expect a space ghost creating universes to come included
Problem with so many things packed into the box is that if just one thing is bad, the retailers providing support want you to send the whole package back, even if just one fan is DoA.
What quote from this video that'll stick with me is @7:41 "maybe it is stupid....but I want it" hahaha this board is so overkill I want it. When you're spending more on a motherboard than a RTX 3080 TI then you know it's stupid, but I want it so bad.
5:35 No, Anthony, it's not weird that motherboards have TOSLINK, please don't encourage them to make me buy a new receiver... My receiver is a nice chonky boy, it's THX approved and it's old. I'm perfectly fine with AC3 and DTS surround sound.
I bought it and I love it. I did get it open box on Amazon for about $400. The only thing missing out-of-the-box was that little key chain.
Lmao Anthony roasting that keychain was so surprisingly good xD
4:30 That's what she said - Michael Scott
Anthony does the best peels at LTT. Best expression ever.
Anthony gets a new Moniker @3:00 " GOD KILLER "
3:02 MSI mobo : I'm A GOD
Anthony : Punny god
Can we get a full length LTT video of Anthony with the Steam Deck? He is the resident Linux expert there. You will get all the FloatPlane.
Toslink is great for splicing audio in. I used to have dual monitor and would leave my PC running on one monitor with something like Teamspeak open, then send my PS3 audio over optical into my PC so I only had to use one headset to hear my game audio and my PC audio.
That dragon army comment had me cracking up, Anthony kicks ass.
Yooo!! Anthony's "DUDE!" was the best thing after "GODLIKE" 😂😂
2:50 Oh boy!
toslinks awesome. you can 100+ feet of audio cable that's 2.2mm with zero quality loss and with no chance of groundloops
Got me laughing out loud with the "this is from my time in the dragon army" part.
the real question is. that mobo he said you should buy. if you add the the memory and rad and fans and everything else that came with the godlike. how much would you really save?
I just built my computer with a MSI Z590 Ace and am really happy with it so far. Still learning to making the most of it and the bios settings, but altough it's got 11th gen Intel sockets I'm enjoying good performance which will last me years to come.