Product Comparison: MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk vs Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

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MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk Gaming Motherboard

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Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X Gaming Motherboard

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General Specifications

Brand

MSI

Gigabyte

Model

MAG Z390 Tomahawk

Z390 GAMING X

Origin

China

About the Product

Inspired by the military concept, MAG Z390 TOMAHAWK is equipped with a holistic integrated I/O cover, pre-installed IO shielding and extended heatsink design for better protection and the best thermal solution.

GIGABYTE GAMING series motherboards use a 10*+2 phase PWM + Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs design to support the latest 8-Core Intel® Core™ CPUs by offering incredible precision in delivering power to the motherboard's most power- hungry and energy-sensitive components.

Key Specs

Form Factor

ATX

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Chipset

Intel Z390

Supported Processors

Supports 9th / 8th Gen Intel Core / Pentium Gold / Celeron

Supports 9th and 8th Gen Intel Core Processors

Memory Slot Type

288 pin

What customers say about "Key Specs"

MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk Gaming Motherboard

The bios is pretty straight forward and easy to understand.
The BIOS has tons of settings - more than I feel comfortable messing with.
Great board for multi-purpose gaming. Great performance and value with zero issues so far.
The board works, has pretty much everything you'd need from it.
Bios was easy to user and easy to overclock the cpu and ram!!

Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X Gaming Motherboard

Very happy with my product. Good form factor for my case.
I just built an ultimate gaming rig for my son, and I was impressed with the board's build quality.
Works like you would expect with an i7 9700k.
Good, clean power and all the machining and components are well designed and manufactured.
Recently bought and built this mobo into a gaming system. The built in 4k video is amazingly clear and fast.

Size & Weight

Height

12 in.

13.18 in.

Width

9.6 in.

10.62 in.

Depth

1.2 in.

3.14 in.

Weight

3.3 lbs.

3 lbs.

MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk

Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

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Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

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Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

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Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

Memory

Memory Type

DDR4

Maximum Speed

4400 MHz

4266 MHz

Number Of Memory Slots

Max. Memory Supported

128 GB

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Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

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Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

What customers say about "Memory"

MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk Gaming Motherboard

If you are populating all 4 slots I'd install the memory before the CPU cooler.
Overclocking my memory was a snap with XMP. Updating the BIOS was just as easy using their built-in flashing tool.
4 memory slots. It also has RGB headers built in and the board has RGB lighting also.
Dual-Channel DDR4 memories. I like it. Good board.
I bought this motherboard in early 2019 and was surprised by its quality. Good memory and 4 slots.

Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X Gaming Motherboard

I highly recommend this board. Good speed!
Does have ultra fast boot, can utilize any nvm.e size. Many memory slots.
Board works good, and I have no complaints. Nice boost for my PC. Good speed.
This was an upgrade on a PC with windows 10. I like it. Awesome speed and 4 memory slots.
Standard fare mid tier motherboard. Good speed with this.

Connectivity

PCI

PCI-E

3x PCIe 3.0 x16, 2x PCIe 3.0 x1

2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x PCIe 3.0 x1

HDMI

USB

6x USB 2.0, 4x USB 3.1 Gen1, 4x USB 3.1 Gen2

USB 3.1 Gen2, 7x USB 3.1 Gen1, 4x USB 2.0/1.1

SATA

Other Interfaces

2x M.2, Intel I219-V Gigabit LAN, Intel I211-AT Gigabit LAN, DisplayPоrt, Optical S/PDIF out, PS/2 Combo Port

2 x M.2 slots, Optical S/PDIF out, Thunderbolt, PS/2, RJ-45 port, 6x audio jacks, Intel GbE LAN

MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk

Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X

What customers say about "Connectivity"

MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk Gaming Motherboard

The board was easy to install and is well constructed and appealing in appearance.
This was easy to install and is built solidly.
Great motherboard installation was easy.
Board looks good, installs with ease, and is full featured.
The installation was pretty hard. Many slots not working.

Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X Gaming Motherboard

Board installed nicely, liked all the connectors marked and the color coding of the connectors.
Very easy to install and runs like a beast.
Easy to install, saw the i5 9700k, booted of the m.2 drive. Price was good.
There's one 3.1 port on the I/O shield console, a bunch of USB 3.0 and a few legacy USB, so that's good.
This seems really lame to only have ONE USB port. Sure, there was a separate USB 3 port.

Features

Native Audio

Realtek ALC892

Additional Accessories Included

2x SATA 6Gb/s Cables, RGB LED Extension 80cm, M.2 Screw, Case Badge, VIP Card, Driver DVD

2x SATA cable, M.2 Screw, M.2 standoff, Driver disk

Extras

Heavy Plated Gaming Heatsinks, DDR4 Boost, Intel CNVi Ready, M.2 Shield Frozr, Audio Boost, Extended Heatsink Design with Sticker Area, Pre-Installed I/O Shielding

Advanced Thermal Design, cFosSpeed Internet Accelerator Networking, Dual-Mode M.2 Slot Design, Smart Fan 5, Ultra Durable PCIe Armour, Support RGB Lighting Effect

What customers say about "Features"

MSI MAG Z390 Tomahawk Gaming Motherboard

It has many great features that were new (to me) and everything worked flawlessly.
Solidly built, looks cool, nice features.
RGB is awesome. Make sure you go to your product page on MSI’s website to download the RGB color application.
Attractive Motherboard with good features.
Has good troubleshooting features and is easy to reset / download BIOS if needed.

Gigabyte Z390 GAMING X Gaming Motherboard