[STEAM] MSI MAG B850I Edge Ti Wi-Fi review - a mighty mini-ITX motherboard

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There are more great mini-ITX motherboards than ever these days, and MSI has decided to offer not one but two boards for AMD's latest CPUs, with the B850 version coming first. The MAG B850I Edge Ti Wi-Fi costs well south of $300, so it sits below competition from Asus while offering features comparable to similarly-priced options elsewhere, including PCIe 5.0 SSD support, Wi-Fi 7, and even a fan-cooled SSD heatsink.

If you're building a small form factor system, the

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for the task will need to keep itself cool, too. As well as large heatsinks,

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has also squeezed in four fan headers, which should be enough for any task a tiny system will throw at it, and is more than most other mini-ITX boards out there as well.

It does use AMD's B850 chipset, though, so some features such as USB4 aren't here, while there are just two SATA ports and two M.2 ports. These are the usual limitations you'll see for mini-ITX, which is still niche, even if MSI has decided to offer a product in both mid-range and high-end chipsets from AMD and Intel this time around. Our detailed testing will show if it's worth your cash.[site_jumplinks]

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