Intel Z890 Motherboard Mega Guide (2025) — ASUS, ASRock, GIGABYTE & MSI

MSI MEG Z890 UNIFY-X — two-DIMM margin, bench controls

UNIFY-X is MSI’s 2-DIMM scalpel for high DDR5. With one slot per channel, routing is short and clean, training predictable, and the eye diagram far more forgiving at 8200–9000+ MT/s. You still get PEG Gen5 x16, CPU-Gen5 M.2, and multiple Gen4 bays under Shield Frozr. Bench-friendly buttons/headers shorten the tuning loop even if you never see LN2.

Spec snapshot

• ATX, premium VRM with tall fins
• 2× DDR5 (1DPC), memory OC focus
• PCIe 5.0 x16; CPU-Gen5 + Gen4 M.2
• Wi-Fi 7, robust USB

Official page: MEG Z890 UNIFY-X