Military Class 5 Components |
Since years MSI has been using digital power designs. On this board we find the latest implementation of their Military Class Components, which is meanwhile in its fifth generation. This board comes equiped with Hi-c Caps, Titanium Chokes and Dark CAPs for high stability, durability and
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MSI Steel Armor
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There are four full size PCIe slots on this particular board and all of them have been equipped with a steel frame. If you place a large and heavy gaming graphics card, while the board is mounted in a case, you will notice, that over time the slots starts to bend by a little bit. Furthermore, when transporting a system it can happen, that the PCIe slot breaks by the sheer force, when somebody is not dealing carefully with an assembled system. In both cases the steel armor should help increasing protection of the PCIe slots. |
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DDR4 Boost + XMP LED
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MSI equipped this board with fully isolated traces from the CPU to the DDR4 memory. This should help increasing stability and it should also be possible to reach higher maximum DDR4 clock speeds.
XMP LED shows when you're using an optimal XMP profile. |
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Audio Boost 3
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MSI équipe ses cartes mères d'une
technologie audio avancée qui inclue une puce Realtek ALC1150,
un amplificateur pour casque intégré, l'isolation EMI, des condensateurs nichicon
de haute qualité et une séparation des PCB. Elle a aussi le droit à
des améliorations visant à rendre l'audio via USB plus stable et
performant. |
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OC Dashboard
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OC Dashboard is an external panel which you connect to the motherboard. MSI has decided to move all the different overclocking buttons on an additional PCB, which means there is more space on the motherboard itself. Apart from that the OC buttons are easier to access and the don't freeze when you're cooling your CPU with liquid nitrogen. |
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M.2 Support
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The
Z170 XPower Titanium Edition motherboard from MSI features three M.2 slots which are placed between the PCIe slots. This motherboard can be equipped with SSDs in M.2 format. Both slots are connected via four PCIe x4 lanes, offering up to 32 Gbps bandwidth. These slots can also be equipped with NVMe adapters, which are optionally available. |
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