MSI MEG Z490 Godlike unboxing and overview

This is the MSI MEG Z490 Godlike, a LGA 1200 socket, extreme gaming motherboard designed for Intel 10th generation processors. This is an unboxing video to talk about the things I LOVE about this motherboard and the reasons I spent a lot of money on it.

Highlights of the MSI MEG Z490 Godlike include:
Automatic overclocking and extreme performance mode which boosts CPU power. For example my Core i9-10900K automatically kicks upto 5.2GHz when I put it in extreme mode for gaming.
The ability to connect upto 6 SATA drives and/or 5 NVMe SSDs.
Loads and loads of USB ports, including two front panel USB headers for connecting four USB Type-A ports and a USB-C port as well.
PCIe Gen 4 forward compatibility (so when the new Rocket Lake CPUs come we'll be able to use NVMe SSDs at gen 4 speeds).
10G and 2.5G LAN connections and WiFi 6 connectivity too.
Addition of NVMe Expander means you can fit upto 5 NVMe drives
MSI Dragon Centre syncs with other software via mystic light

If you're interested, the spec of this build is as follows:
Motherboard - MSI Meg Z490 Godlike    • MSI MEG Z490 Godlike unboxing and overview  
CPU - Intel Core i9-10900K
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CPU cooling - NZXT Kraken Z73 -    • NZXT Kraken Z73 setup in Lian Li Dynamic X...  
M.2 NVMe drives - Samsung 970 Evo    • How to install NVMe M.2 SSDs (featuring Sa...  
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HDD - Toshiba 6TB high-performance hard disk drive
SSD - Samsung Evo 860 Pro SSD 1TB
PSU - Corsair RM850x 850 watt    • Corsair RM850x white PSU and Premium PSU c...  
GPU - Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti    • Nvidia RTX 2080Ti Unboxing  

Specifications of the MSI MEG Z490 Godlike include:
CPU (MAX SUPPORT) i9
SOCKET 1200
CHIPSET Intel® Z490 Chipset
DDR4 MEMORY max 5000Mhz OC
Dual Channel Memory upto 128GB max
4 x DIMM SLOTS
3 x PCI-E X16 slots
1 x PCI-E X1
6 x SATAIII
3 x M.2 SLOT (and two more on the expander)
RAID 0/1/5/10
1 x TPM (HEADER)
LAN 1x Aquantia® AQC107 10G LAN controller and 1x Realtek® RTL8125B 2.5G LAN controller
USB 3.2 PORTS (FRONT) = 1(Gen2, Type C), 4(Gen1, Type A)
USB 3.2 PORTS (REAR) = 2(Gen2, Type C), 2(Gen2, Type A) ,4(Gen1, Type A)
USB 2.0 PORTS (FRONT) = 4
USB 2.0 PORTS (REAR) = 2
AUDIO PORTS (REAR) Realtek® ALC1220 Codec + ESS SABRE9018Q2C combo DAC
DISPLAYPORT = 1
DIRECTX = 12
FORM FACTOR = E-ATX
SLI Yes
CROSSFIRE Yes
OPERATING SYSTEM Windows 10

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