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MSI Next Generation GAMING Motherboards Pictured

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MSI's third-generation "GAMING" series motherboards are almost ready, and the company displayed two of them at Computex. The first is a mid-range socket LGA1151 motherboard, the MSI Z170A-G45 Gaming, and the X99A-GODLIKE Gaming (we kid you not). It looks like MSI is doing away with the "Gaming 3/5/7/9" nomenclature in the wake of GIGABYTE copying it. The Z170A-G41 Gaming offers a decent feature-set for gaming PC builds with up to two graphics cards. This includes an 10-phase CPU VRM, four DDR4 DIMM slots (dual-channel DDR4), three PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, two M.2 slots (32 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s); SATA-Express 16 Gb/s, six SATA 6 Gb/s, Killer E2205 networking, and 8-channel HD audio with ground-layer isolation and audio-grade capacitors.

The X99A-GODLIKE Gaming is a different beast. Topping off the company's LGA2011v3 lineup, this board offers top of the line components. It begins with a 12-phase VRM that draws power from a combination of 24-pin ATX, 8-pin EPS, and 4-pin ATX power connectors; five PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots with support for 4-way SLI/CrossFire, 32 Gb/s M.2 slot, and an EMI shield that covers a large part of the front PCB area (a la ASUS TUF), and gaming-centric connectivity that includes two gigabit interfaces, 8-channel audio with onboard 600Ω headphones amp, 802.11 ac Killer ACK Double-Shot WLAN, and USB 3.1 type-C ports.



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Hi
Do we know when are going to be on market?
The x99 that already exist processors for it.
 
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I have to say after seeing new Asrock design this MSI ones look like pile of crap.
 
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Really....?
Asrock going to surpise us again.
nice!!
 
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Looks like MSI got a discount on red paint and cringe worthy name schemes
 
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The Asrock Extreme 7 has 3 M2 slots
 
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It says two M2 slots (32Gb/s and 10Gb/s)
I just noticed the wires leading under the heat sinks on the Godlike Gaming, are there fans under there?
That would make three tiny fans.
 
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It says two M2 slots (32Gb/s and 10Gb/s)
I just noticed the wires leading under the heat sinks on the Godlike Gaming, are there fans under there?
That would make three tiny fans.
Sorry i misread your post. I thought you only said that it had M.2 slots not 3 of them. :oops:
 
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There is this thread: http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/t...e2200-nic-into-qualcomm-athero-ar8161.198899/
It's not quite Intel quality, but not bad either.

Thanks, I know you can mess with the drivers, but the end result is still something inferior compared to what you get with an Intel NIC, and that's a compromise I'm just not ready to make (even if I know the difference is not that great, the network driver is still a crucial part of the operating system, and I prefer the better solution if there is a choice)
 
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i am sorry ... but WHAT! it look like they shifted the heatsink on VRM and PCH and removed the EMI shielding on the aucio ... ok i see there is some other difference but still ...

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also the X99 ... bear strong similarity to the X99 line of ASUS ... (not the color this time ... unless Rampage...)
 
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This time MSI motherboards don't amaze me.
ASRock improved a lot, almost beat the ROGs' design.
 
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