A couple of days ago we have receive a small package with inside a MSI motherboard based on Intel Z370 chipset. Compared to the previous model, the Z370 SLI Plus is very similar. MSI has kept the color scheme and updated the motherboard with the new chipset. The motherboard comes with an attractive price tag and targets the entry-level and mid-range markets.

The Z370 SLI Plus is based on an ATX form factor with four DDR4 DIMM slots. On the storage side we find one M.2 slot, six SATA ports and several USB ports. Looking at expansion slots there are three PCIe Gen 3.0 x16 slots without metal reinforcement. Since this motherboard isn't specifically designed for overclockers, you won't find any debug LED or onboard buttons for that particular purpose.

Looking for additional features we find USB 3.1 ports, Intel LAN port and a good mix of connectors at the I/O panel. At first glance this is certainly a good looking motherboard and on Geizhals it is listed for 130 Euro. During the upcoming days we are going to test this motherboard with our Intel Core i7-8700K processor.



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