MSI X870E Tomahawk Max WiFi Project Zero Review

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Up Close

The packaging for the Tomahawk Project Zero is minimalist to say the least. A barely noticeable MAG logo is the only thing that isn’t covering specifications. We do find it funny how much stuff is “AI PC Ready” these days. Anything with a processor is, strictly speaking, AI ready. And no AI is actually AI anyway. Gotta tick those buzzword boxes though.

The motherboard itself very much falls into the new category of silver motherboards. We’ve spoken at length about how white motherboards were becoming more silver. Here with the X870E Tomahawk Project Zero MSI have eschewed all pretence and instead gone full on silver. It’s not to our taste, being neither one thing nor the other.

Certainly you can’t deny MSIs commitment to the cause. Even the screen printing is a silvery grey. Maybe if you want a neutral background upon which to base your white or black hardware this might be of interest.

The bottom half contains two Gen5 M.2 slots, and 2 Gen4 ones. Enough for all but the most storage happy users. Whilst we might not fully be on board with the silver aesthetic, MSI deserve plenty of credit for going with grey plastics.

We’ll be touring the X870E Tomahawk Max PZ in a moment. For now, if you’ve not seen a Project Zero motherboard before, this shot shows what makes it special.

Beneath these heavily finned and stacked VRM heatsinks beats the heart of the Tomahawk Project Zero. 14+2+1 80A Smart Power Stages ensure even if you’ve got a Ryzen 9 X3D processor the Tomahawk Max can handle it. Some of the biggest VRM heatsinks we’ve seen.