MSI Teases the Z170 Krait Gaming Motherboard

[btarunr]

MSI released this picture of its upcoming premium black-and-white themed socket LGA1151 motherboard, the Z170 Krait Gaming. Designed for gaming PC builds with up to two graphics cards, this board features white on not just its heatsinks, ports, and connectors (contrasting with black), but also in streaks on the PCB. The board draws power from 24-pin ATX and 8-pin EPS power connectors, and uses an 8-phase VRM to condition it for the CPU. The CPU socket is wired to four DDR4 DIMM slots, supporting up to 64 GB of dual-channel memory, and two PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots (x8/x8 when both are populated).

Other expansion slots on the Z170 Krait Gaming include a third PCI-Express 3.0 x16 (electrical gen 3.0 x4, wired to the PCH), three PCIe 3.0 x1, and a legacy PCI slot. The board offers MSI's AudioBoost 3 onboard audio solution, and Killer E2205 gigabit Ethernet. Storage connectivity includes six SATA 6 Gb/s ports (from which two can convert to a SATA-Express 16 Gb/s port), and one M.2 slot. Display outputs include DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort. The MSI Z170 Krait Gaming will be part of the company's first wave of LGA1151 motherboards, which launch alongside Intel Core i7-6700K and i5-6600K "Skylake" quad-core processors, in early-August.



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[btarunr]

FAQ #1: PCIe 3.0 x1? u wot m8?:
Ans. 100-series chipset (at least Z170, H170, and B150) feature gen 3.0 PCIe downstream. The DMI chipset bus is beefier too (PCIe 3.0 x4 physical).

 

[Batou1986]

Dat PCI slot, 23 years and counting

 

[Frick]

Dat PCI slot, 23 years and counting

I have an excellent PCI sound card so for me it's good. ALthough to be honest if I was building a mid-high end gaming machine I probably could afford to toss in a good PCIe sound card too...

 

[micropage7]

I have an excellent PCI sound card so for me it's good. ALthough to be honest if I was building a mid-high end gaming machine I probably could afford to toss in a good PCIe sound card too...

so do i, i have audigy

but now just sitting back in its box since my current board has no pci slot

 

[Batou1986]

I have an excellent PCI sound card so for me it's good

Brother we are same

Spoiler

 

[dj-electric]

Red lights on it, oh why, why couldn't you make the lights white?
It is not too late, MSI.

 

[Solaris17]

God I love that scheme.

 

[Tomorrow]

SATA ports are vertical, not angled. Big problem with long graphics cards.

 

[64K]

That's a really nice looking mobo imo.

Early August to see what 6600K/6700K will bring. Not too long now.