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With the Z170 launch, there are three Gaming motherboards the M5, M7 and M9 ACK.
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MSI produce multiple motherboards with each Gaming series motherboard launch and no matter what version you choose you know you’ll be using some of the best quality components and experiencing one of the best gaming sensations possible.
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The feather in the cap is the Gaming range, stretching from laptops, graphics card and motherboards, all the way down to SLI bridges. MSI is one of the big players in today’s motherboard market, producing such motherboards like the amazing X99A GODLIKE and the striking Krait series that we’ve reviewed in the past. It seems that the start of workstation connectivity and expansion has finally trickled its way down to the mainstream consumer level. Along with this, the chipset can handle up to 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes (up to 8Gb/s) compared to the mere 8 PCIe 2.0 (up to 5Gb/s) of Z97 and up to 10x USB 3.0 ports compared to 6x on Z97. The RAM has been changed from DDR3(L) to DDR4, which brings with it exceptionally high speeds and transfer rates compared to DDR3. The Z170 chipset has been upgraded in almost every way. The Intel Z170 chipset has landed, and with it comes the launch of the Intel Skylake processors in the form of the i5-6600K and i7-6700K. Introduction, Specifications and Packaging