Not sure how to decode when mb was manufactured, only assuming 020B2503 from serial might mean March 2025, Received mine at beginning of April and it was on 3 months order from distributor, not end store, so probably recent.
Only aware single disconnect two weeks running it, but I have LED off, dont have MSI software installed and nothing connected to it so far.
Still waiting for some parts to complete build so I didnt bother with connecting anything but bare minimum stuff to it.
I would have two complaints so far:
- MSI should do better packaging especialy on 1200 euro board, on mine 2nd nvme heatsing disconnected during transport and was ratling all over board, making some scratches and dents all over heatsinks and one of bottom nvme cooling plates, plus damaged some of nvme cooling pads. Only pure luck it did not damage socket, scratched pcb or kick some SMD of board.
- They should have put bottom nvme few more milimeters away from x4 PCI-e slot, its nice they make it open back, but x8 card colide slightly with nvme mounting pin.
Maybe one more thing, put in spare cooling pads for NVMEs that are single sided as having cooling pad that is not touching probably make its temperature slightly worse.
Also, had to put extra fan cooling memory, during OCCT memory test mine quickly reached 79 degrees which is too much for DDR5, mostly caused by DD3 blocking most of meory for airflow. That extra fan put memory temps from 79 (and I assume it would go even higher as it was only 20% done when I added fan) down to 39.
So far only once I heard DD3 disconnect sound in two weeks, sitting arrounf 16h next to it.
NVMEs allways working at Gen4/5 speed (4TB Samsung 990 PRO and 990 EVO in slot 1-2 and Gigabyte 1tb in last slot) but I am running m,y PC 24x7 with just reboots for SW updates, sleep disabled.