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MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC Review
Audio Quality »Finished Looks
The MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC is a fantastically looking board; the white and silver colors manage to be both bold and neutral at the same time. Even with the distinctly unmatched test components, the system still looks stunning. The colors are especially clever in making the silver bits of the unshielded rear I/O components blend in.
The MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC has a single area of RGB illumination that shines through the board, tracing a line along the PCI slots. This is an implementation I have seen a few times before, and I like it, especially when combined with MSI Mystic Light sync, which offers quite a bit of expansion potential.
Test System
| Test System | |
|---|---|
| Processor: | Intel Core i7-8700k 4.7 GHz (Turbo 2.0), 12 MB Cache |
| Memory: | 2x 8 GB DDR4 3866 MHz G.Skill TridentZ F4-3866C18D-16GTZ |
| Cooling: | Alphacool Eisbaer 240 |
| BIOS Version: | 5.13 |
| Graphics Card: | MSI GTX 980 GAMING 4 GB |
| Harddisk: | 1x Crucial M4 128 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (OS) 1x Crucial BX200 256 GB SATA 6 Gb/s SSD (Data) 1x Samsung 950 PRO M.2 (NVMe) |
| Power Supply: | Seasonic Prime Titanium 1000 W |
| Case: | Lian Li T60 |
| Software: | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit, NVIDIA GeForce 376.33 WHQL |
The MSI B360 GAMING ARCTIC followed the standard clock profile for my Intel 8700K.
Oct 31st, 2024 23:30 EDT
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