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MSI ATX DDR3 2600 LGA 1150 Motherboards Z97 GAMING 7

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  • Socket LGA 1150
  • Intel Z97 chipset
  • ATX
  • 3 PCI-E x16 3.0 and 4 PCI-E x1
  • 1 DisplayPort and 1 HDMI
  • 3-way CrossFireX and 2-way SLI ready
  • Killer Game Networking
  • USB Audio Power
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CPU Socket Type  The socket type is the kind of connection used to mount the CPU to the motherboard. Intel and AMD each make their own types of sockets. You will want to make sure your new motherboard socket type matches that of your chosen CPU. LGA 1150 LGA 1150 LGA 1150 LGA 1150
Chipset-Northbridge  The northbridge chipset is the set of components that controls your computer's communication between the CPU, RAM, and, in some cases, the graphics processor. Information not provided Information not provided Information not provided Information not provided
Motherboard Size  Motherboards come in a variety of sizes for different applications. You will want to make sure your computer case is designed to hold the size of motherboard you buy. Smaller motherboards have less connections for components, but are useful when you need a PC that won't take up a lot of space. ATX ATX ATX ATX
PCI Slots  PCI slots are used to mount various hardware in your computer. PCI is commonly used to mount network cards, sound cards, modems, TV tuner cards, disk controllers, and extra ports for USB or serial connections. 6 7 7 7
Memory Slots  This is the number of slots for RAM on the motherboard. You will want to have one for each stick of RAM you plan to use. 4 4 4 4
Number of SATA Connections  The number of SATA connections on your motherboard will determine how many mass storage devices and optical drives you can install in your computer. You will want one connection for each hard drive, solid state drive, and CD/DVD/Blu-ray drive you plan to use. 8 6 8 8
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  • Product Dimensions: 14 x 10.6 x 3.2 inches ; 4 pounds
  • Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
  • ASIN: B00K23BZTA
  • Item model number: Z97-GAMING 7
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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  • Date first available at Amazon.com: May 5, 2014
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Product Description

MSI Z97 GAMING 7: LGA 1150, Intel Z97, SATA 6Gb/s, USB 3.0, 3 PCI-E x16 3.0, 4 PCI-E x1, 1 M.2 slot, Display Port, HDMI, Killer E2205 Gigabit LAN, ATX Motherboard

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Z97 GAMING 7


AUDIO BOOST 2

Reward your ears with true quality and get ready for ear-drum shattering gaming with MSI Audio Boost 2! Less noise, crystal clear sound and the best audio components for truly sensational sound quality.


USB AUDIO POWER

When connecting multiple USB devices, most motherboards will be unable to deliver a strong 5V power signal to all USB ports. This is highly noticeable with high-quality external USB DACs where sound quality degrades as the motherboard is unable to deliver a perfect USB signal.
Only MSI USB Audio Power continuously delivers a stable 5V to the USB ports on motherboards, making sure you can continue to enjoy the crystal clear audio standard you expect.


KILLER E2200 GAME NETWORKING

The Killer E2200 Intelligent Networking Platform is built for maximum networking performance for online games and high-quality streaming media. Featuring Advanced Stream Detect, Killer E2200 automatically detects and accelerates game traffic ahead of other network traffic for smoother, stutter-free in-game performance and the competitive edge. With this exclusive, automatic traffic prioritization, games and real-time chat get priority over low-level system chatter, giving you the lowest latency for game data on the most controllable network hardware available.


PUSH YOUR SSD TO THE LIMIT

Enjoy a blazing fast system boot up and insanely fast loading of applications and games with MSI GAMING motherboards. We offer the next generation of high speed storage support through M.2 and SATA Express. M.2 and SATA Express transfer data through a PCI Express 2.0 x2 interface up to 10 Gb/s, making it 67% faster than SATA 3.0 solutions.


GUARD PRO

Guard Pro is a suite of features that protect your PC under the most extreme and harshest conditions.
Including:

  • Circuit Protection
  • Eco Power
  • Humidity Protection
  • High Temperature Protection
  • ESD Protection
  • EMI Protection

OC GENIE 4

OC Genie is the world's first built-in hardware overclocking technology on motherboards. With this one-second overclocking option we're giving you even more performance. Just hit the button and your PC gets another adrenalin shot. Delivering up to 20% of free extra performance for the CPU, memory and iGPU.



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The BIOS is very well designed and slick.
Scott
Feel free to ask any questions and I'll answer them to the best of my ability.
HuMaHaMi
Plenty of SATA 6Gb/s ports as well as M.2.
Hapkiman

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful By Scott on May 19, 2014
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This motherboard is amazing. It is easily one of the best I have used. The instructions that come with it clearly detail the layout and function of everything on the board. The BIOS is very clean and user friendly. It makes it very easy to overclock everything. It even has a built in overclock button, called OC Genie, that will do it for you. The board is competitively priced with other boards of similar make, but I found this to be the one I liked the best. Glad I bought it.
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Pros:
1) Nice layout

2) TONS of USB ports (8 3.0 ports and 2 2.0 ports)

3) Excellent 7.1 on board audio (granted you have good speakers or headphones). If you use the on board audio I recommend attaching direct power to that portion of the board, as stated in the instruction manual, because it does make a difference in the quality of the sound.

4) Array of features to assist in diagnosing issues during setup (The motherboard has a built in digital code reader. It's a little LED Display on the board that will show a code if the computer is experiencing an error. That code can then be looked up in the little book it comes with. Very nice feature. If there is no error, the LED display will show you the current CPU temperature. This is also very nice if you have a case with a see through side panel as you can quickly check the temperature.

5) The driver CD it comes with is clean and installs everything needed to get started. You get to choose what you want installed so you can avoid installing anything you might not want (bloatware).

6) The BIOS is very well designed and slick. Makes it a breeze to edit settings in style.

7) It's beautiful!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful By Justin on August 6, 2014
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By far THE BEST motherboard I've owned. First and most obvious, it's beautiful. It has tons of USB ports, the ability to have front panel USB 3.0 ports, it has plenty of SATA connectors, it can support 3 way CrossFire and 2 way SLI, and has wonderful sound. The buttons right on the motherboard came in very handy, especially when I didn't have the case for my computer for two weeks, so I assembled it without it, and was able to turn it on using the onboard power button rather than having to short anything out. The OC Genie is a neat feature, though I feel more comfortable doing the overclocking myself. The UEFI BIOS is a very nice change of pace from traditional BIOS, and is even easier to navigate, even with all the options it gives you (and it gives you A LOT of options). The built in CPU temp display is very nice for those of you who have a case with a window, so that you can check your temps at any time. It makes it very easy and very convenient. There are very few things I dislike about it, and they're hardly even worth mentioning, but.... If you have a large graphics card (I currently have a EVGA GTX 770), it will cover up either the MSI logo or the MSI text, and both are very pretty, so it's a shame to have to hide them. If you intend to do SLI, you'll end up covering the entire thing. The heat sinks get rather hot, but I haven't had a problem, so I'll trust it's fine.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful By Jake C. on August 13, 2014
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I have the sound blaster 2 on my laptop i was really looking forward to it, cant seem to get it to work properly. Other than that i really havent done much to strain this mobo so i cant say it can handle anything, BUT it runs perfectly the way im using it, the Temp Display is neat, considering i have a R9 280x Gpu, it nice to know im not melting anything
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful By Hapkiman on September 24, 2014
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This really is a high-end board with loads of extras. The build quality is top notch and I have to give it to MSI on the red and black "Gaming" color scheme. It looks fantastic. If you have a Devils Canyon proc you should get this board!

Plenty of SATA 6Gb/s ports as well as M.2. Beefed up Soundblaster audio as well.

UEFI/BIOS is much improved from older MSI boards (although not quite as good as ASUS) but it is very serviceable and I am really getting used to. It's pretty nice.

The only negative is the BIOS updating method MSI I hope you're listening:

This is a very daunting and nerve wracking procedure and almost made me take a star away from an otherwise exceptional motherboard.

When you get the board it will have BIOS v1.1 but you will see that there are 4 new versions available (v1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5).

MSI recommends at least v1.4 to get full functionality out of your Devils Canyon processor.

So you need to update the BIOS using either the Windows based MSI app called "Live update 6" or the UEFI utility called "M Flash." First of all ---Don't use Live update!!!!!! It's never a good idea to update a BIOS through Windows anyway but this app bricks your motherboard about 6 out of 10 times (Google it and you'll see all the extremely upset folks that tried this).

So then you're stuck using M Flash. It's better than Live update, but not by much. Google it or go to MSI forums page and you see dozens of posts about bricked boards from bad BIOS flashes using M Flash (and Live update).

The only saving grace is that this board has a dual BIOS switch so it is possible to recover a bad BIOS flash, but it isn't easy.

Please MSI. You need to address this issue.
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