The Tomahawk includes support for four M.2 drives, though PCIe 5.0 SSD support is missing. If you make up a checklist of what you want from a motherboard, the MSI Z790 Tomahawk should have most of what you need. DDR4 is very much at the end of its life and the 13th Gen platform is almost certainly its last hurrah. There's also a DDR4 version should you have a good set of DDR4 memory on hand, though if you need to buy memory too, the DDR5 version is definitely the way to go. There's tough competition from the other vendors in its price range though. At $319 / £337 / AU$569 it's not cheap, though compared to what some premium tier boards are selling for, it's not badly priced at all. It sits above the Pro range and below the MPG and high-end MEG range. The MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WiFi-as the name suggests-is a part of MSI's MAG range, its second tier sub brand. I've tested a bunch of AMD and Intel motherboards over the past year, from Mini-ITX to E-ATX form-factors, so you can make the best choice based on the best motherboard for your lifestyle. Intel's 13th Gen CPUs, on the other hand, are backward compatible with the 12th Gen's LGA1700 socket, so a Z690 or Z790 chipset will do you fine. When it comes to AMD, the enduring AM4 socket and X570 chipset is finally phasing out since current Zen 4 CPUs use the new AM5 socket with B650 or X670 chipsets.
If you're in it for the long haul, you need to be sure that the board's socket or chipset can support this (and preferably the next round of) high-end processors.
Now we have to consider the most important thing about motherboards future-proofing. This isn't always bad, especially if you don't plan on getting a new motherboard for several years.
Before committing to a motherboard, you must ask yourself: How big is your PC case? Do you want to be able to overclock your CPU? Do you need high-performance RAM support? Do you need a block of USB ports? Bluetooth? Wi-fi? If your wish list increases, expect to spend extra.
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